Global Greenhouse Emissions Slow, European Union Report Finds

摘要

Worldwide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels and industrial processes flatlined in 2015 compared to 2014, continuing a trend in which the global production of greenhouse gases has slowed, according to a European Union report published Dec. 6. The report attributed the slowdown in the rate of emissions growth to the early signs of a "structural shift away from carbon-intensive activities," with coal consumption declining in particular in China and the U.S. Global emissions growth was 2 percent in 2013 over 2012, falling to 1.1 percent in 2014 and minus 0.1 percent in 2015, according to the report.