{"id":284009,"date":"2023-10-19T14:41:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T12:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=284009"},"modified":"2023-10-19T14:41:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T12:41:14","slug":"carbon-dioxide-pollution-expected-to-hit-new-record-in-2023-researchers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=284009","title":{"rendered":"Carbon dioxide pollution expected to hit new record in 2023, researchers say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are only 0.04% ( 420 ppm) of CO2 in the atmosphere. For the last 140 million years, CO2 levels fell precipitously & steadily to within about 30 ppm of the 150 ppm \u201cline of death\u201d below which plants can\u2019t survive.\u00a0<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Global emissions of planet-heating carbon dioxide are expected to rise around one percent to reach a new all-time high in 2023, the climate scientist behind the preliminary research said Tuesday, is telling Phys.org<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientists say carbon pollution<\/a> will need to be cut almost in half this decade to meet the world’s targets of limiting global warming<\/a> and avoiding catastrophic climate impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Global CO2<\/sub> emissions should be falling by around five percent this year, said Glen Peters, research director at the CICERO climate research institute in Norway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead they have continued to rise, according to his research, with current expectations that the year will see emissions up between 0.5 percent and 1.5 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It would be very unlikely that emissions decline in 2023,” he told AFP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The preliminary figures show just how dauntingly hard it will be to slash emissions fast enough to meet the Paris Agreement goal of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heating beyond that threshold risks triggering dangerous tipping points in the climate system, scientists warn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Each year emissions keep rising makes it all the harder to reach pathways consistent with Paris,” said Peters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final analysis will be published in December, as world leaders meet in the United Arab Emirates for crunch UN climate talks set to be dominated by international tussling over the future of fossil fuels, the main source of CO2<\/sub> pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said that for the first time world demand for oil, gas and coal is forecast to peak this decade due to the “spectacular” growth of cleaner energy technologies and electric cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the energy watchdog has also warned of the negative impact of increased fossil fuel investments and “stubbornly high emissions” during the post-pandemic economic rebound and the energy crisis<\/a> driven by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peters said clean energy should be starting to displace demand for fossil fuels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This does not seem to be happening in any meaningful way yet, which is disappointing,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Doing half the job’<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Scientists had hoped back in 2015 that emissions might be peaking, he said, then again during the pandemic there were hopes that 2019 might mark the turning point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Yet, here we are again, with a new peak in 2022, and yet another peak expected again in 2023,” Peters said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“My concern is that we are doing half the job, growing clean energy<\/a>, and not doing the other half of the job, transitioning away from fossil fuels<\/a>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The annual “Global Carbon Budget” report for the year will be published in December and show CO2<\/sub> emissions from all sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The calculations are based on data from monthly and quarterly IEA reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full article\u00a0here<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
The IEA has warned of ‘stubbornly high emissions’ during the post-pandemic economic rebound.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are only 0.04% ( 420 ppm) of CO2 in the atmosphere. For the last 140 million years, CO2 levels fell precipitously & steadily to within about 30 ppm of the 150 ppm \u201cline of death\u201d below which plants can\u2019t survive.\u00a0 Global emissions of planet-heating carbon dioxide are expected to rise around one percent to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":284018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"There are only 0.04% ( 420 ppm) of CO2 in the atmosphere. For the last 140 million years, CO2 levels fell precipitously & steadily to within about 30 ppm of the 150 ppm \u201cline of death\u201d below which plants can\u2019t survive.\u00a0","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691819134,691819743,691818076,691823020,691818087,691818154,691819995],"class_list":{"0":"post-284009","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-climate-alarmism","9":"tag-climate-propaganda","10":"tag-co2","11":"tag-global-carbon-budget","12":"tag-global-warming","13":"tag-net-zero","14":"tag-pollution","16":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-524.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1bSN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":339825,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=339825","url_meta":{"origin":284009,"position":0},"title":"Dear Elon, 1,000ppm of carbon dioxide is safe, we breathe it every day","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"17\/08\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"In the interview with Donald Trump, Elon Musk tried to argue that we ought be limiting carbon dioxide because we are too close to 1,000ppm where people get headaches. Not to put too fine a point on it, but we breath out air at 40,000 ppm fifteen times a minute\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"1000-1100 ppm\"","block_context":{"text":"1000-1100 ppm","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=1000-1100-ppm"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0-human-health-effect-i.e.-acidosis.jpeg?fit=1000%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0-human-health-effect-i.e.-acidosis.jpeg?fit=1000%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0-human-health-effect-i.e.-acidosis.jpeg?fit=1000%2C500&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0-human-health-effect-i.e.-acidosis.jpeg?fit=1000%2C500&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":394689,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=394689","url_meta":{"origin":284009,"position":1},"title":"On the CO2 Fertilization Effect (real science for EPA)","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"12\/08\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cWhat would happen if CO2 doubled from the current approximately 400 ppm in the atmosphere to 800 ppm? Crop yields worldwide would increase by about 40%, based on empirical findings of how CO2 concentrations affect crop yields.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In \"benefits\u00a0of CO2\"","block_context":{"text":"benefits\u00a0of CO2","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=benefits-of-co2-2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AQMYOsAm4YGxnpSC6oNEFMGuagorN22lYvyeazZ6H3T2KEwMy8gu2K1vJGIBIZHYkBxd0ivlJ5WksS2S3OAlHAhu9R12ypvhk14ebTTL_LIT-xBOhXq00BNAAGROiwIWiIUxGnzXmHN3-sPkaOI514jhNwyDJw.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AQMYOsAm4YGxnpSC6oNEFMGuagorN22lYvyeazZ6H3T2KEwMy8gu2K1vJGIBIZHYkBxd0ivlJ5WksS2S3OAlHAhu9R12ypvhk14ebTTL_LIT-xBOhXq00BNAAGROiwIWiIUxGnzXmHN3-sPkaOI514jhNwyDJw.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AQMYOsAm4YGxnpSC6oNEFMGuagorN22lYvyeazZ6H3T2KEwMy8gu2K1vJGIBIZHYkBxd0ivlJ5WksS2S3OAlHAhu9R12ypvhk14ebTTL_LIT-xBOhXq00BNAAGROiwIWiIUxGnzXmHN3-sPkaOI514jhNwyDJw.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AQMYOsAm4YGxnpSC6oNEFMGuagorN22lYvyeazZ6H3T2KEwMy8gu2K1vJGIBIZHYkBxd0ivlJ5WksS2S3OAlHAhu9R12ypvhk14ebTTL_LIT-xBOhXq00BNAAGROiwIWiIUxGnzXmHN3-sPkaOI514jhNwyDJw.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AQMYOsAm4YGxnpSC6oNEFMGuagorN22lYvyeazZ6H3T2KEwMy8gu2K1vJGIBIZHYkBxd0ivlJ5WksS2S3OAlHAhu9R12ypvhk14ebTTL_LIT-xBOhXq00BNAAGROiwIWiIUxGnzXmHN3-sPkaOI514jhNwyDJw.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":354954,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=354954","url_meta":{"origin":284009,"position":2},"title":"8 Taiwanese Engineers Determine the Climate Sensitivity to A 300 ppm CO2 Increase Is \u2018Negligibly Small\u2019","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"17\/12\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"A new analysis indicates tripling the atmospheric CO2 concentration from 100 to 400 ppm only produces a 0.3\u00b0C surface warming effect.","rel":"","context":"In \"carbon dioxide (CO\u2082)\"","block_context":{"text":"carbon dioxide (CO\u2082)","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=carbon-dioxide-co%e2%82%82"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/00ocean-carbon-cycle.png?fit=1200%2C674&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/00ocean-carbon-cycle.png?fit=1200%2C674&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/00ocean-carbon-cycle.png?fit=1200%2C674&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/00ocean-carbon-cycle.png?fit=1200%2C674&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/00ocean-carbon-cycle.png?fit=1200%2C674&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":322648,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=322648","url_meta":{"origin":284009,"position":3},"title":"\u00a03 Physicists Use Experimental Evidence To Show CO2\u2019s Capacity To Absorb Radiation Has Saturated","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"25\/04\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Adding CO2 to the atmosphere can have no significant climatic effect when rising above the threshold of about 300 ppm. Due to saturation, higher and higher concentrations do not lead to any further absorption of radiation.","rel":"","context":"In \"absorption of radiation\"","block_context":{"text":"absorption of radiation","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=absorption-of-radiation"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/00iStock-976912100.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/00iStock-976912100.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/00iStock-976912100.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/00iStock-976912100.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/00iStock-976912100.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":383373,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=383373","url_meta":{"origin":284009,"position":4},"title":"Celebrate \u2013 CO2 Levels Just Hit 430ppm","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"15\/06\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The gas of life is greening the deserts, contributing to rising agricultural yields and making the far North more habitable \u2013 but you would never learn this from mainstream media.","rel":"","context":"In \"benefit to all life\"","block_context":{"text":"benefit to all life","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=benefit-to-all-life"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Global_greening_map1.png?fit=1200%2C480&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Global_greening_map1.png?fit=1200%2C480&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Global_greening_map1.png?fit=1200%2C480&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Global_greening_map1.png?fit=1200%2C480&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Global_greening_map1.png?fit=1200%2C480&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":358601,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=358601","url_meta":{"origin":284009,"position":5},"title":"Science Shock: CO2 is Good for the Planet, Peer-Reviewed Studies Suggest","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"25\/12\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Dramatic evidence has been published in a number of recent science papers that carbon dioxide levels are already\u00a0\u2018saturated\u2019, meaning little or no further warming is to be expected, and rising CO2\u00a0levels are all beneficial.","rel":"","context":"In \"carbon dioxide (CO\u2082)\"","block_context":{"text":"carbon dioxide (CO\u2082)","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=carbon-dioxide-co%e2%82%82"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Screenshot-2024-12-23-202651.jpeg?fit=1200%2C707&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Screenshot-2024-12-23-202651.jpeg?fit=1200%2C707&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Screenshot-2024-12-23-202651.jpeg?fit=1200%2C707&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Screenshot-2024-12-23-202651.jpeg?fit=1200%2C707&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Screenshot-2024-12-23-202651.jpeg?fit=1200%2C707&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/121246920"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=284009"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284020,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284009\/revisions\/284020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/284018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=284009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=284009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=284009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}