The remaining global carbon budget for a 50 percent chance of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is estimated to be 275 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide (GtCO₂) from the beginning of 2024. At the current rate of global CO₂ emissions, this budget would be used up in approximately seven years. Since 1850, some 2,590 GtCO₂ have been emitted worldwide.
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Global Carbon Project. (December 6, 2023). Remaining carbon budget to limit global warming to 1.5, 1.7, and 2 degrees Celsius from 2024 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455017/remaining-global-carbon-budget-by-scenario/
Global Carbon Project. "Remaining carbon budget to limit global warming to 1.5, 1.7, and 2 degrees Celsius from 2024 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide)." Chart. December 6, 2023. Statista. Accessed September 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455017/remaining-global-carbon-budget-by-scenario/
Global Carbon Project. (2023). Remaining carbon budget to limit global warming to 1.5, 1.7, and 2 degrees Celsius from 2024 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455017/remaining-global-carbon-budget-by-scenario/
Global Carbon Project. "Remaining Carbon Budget to Limit Global Warming to 1.5, 1.7, and 2 Degrees Celsius from 2024 (in Billion Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide)." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455017/remaining-global-carbon-budget-by-scenario/
Global Carbon Project, Remaining carbon budget to limit global warming to 1.5, 1.7, and 2 degrees Celsius from 2024 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455017/remaining-global-carbon-budget-by-scenario/ (last visited September 13, 2024)
Remaining carbon budget to limit global warming to 1.5, 1.7, and 2 degrees Celsius from 2024 (in billion metric tons of carbon dioxide) [Graph], Global Carbon Project, December 6, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455017/remaining-global-carbon-budget-by-scenario/
