china No 1 in Global emissions of Carbon Dioxide

Beijing Nov 13: China stood no 1 in the greenhouse gas emissions for the year 2017 according to 2017 Global Carbon Budget report published in the journals Nature Climate Change, Environmental Research Letters, and Earth System Science Data Discussions on Monday.

The reports state that there may be a rise in global emissions of carbon dioxide by 2 percent by the end of the year compared to last year.The reports state that "the rise in global emissions could be attributed to a 3.5 percent projected increase in the emissions of China, which had remained almost flat last year."

Glen Peters, research director at CICERO in Oslo and one of the lead authors of the study has said that "The return to growth in global emissions in 2017 is largely due to a return to growth in Chinese emissions, projected to grow by 3.5 percent in 2017 after two years with declining emissions. The use of coal, the main fuel source in China, may rise by 3 per cent due to stronger growth in industrial production and lower hydro-power generation due to less rainfall."

The report has also stated that the USA stood second and European Union third .The report projected that the global greenhouse gas emissions in 2017 from fossil fuels and industrial use to be 36.8 Gt of CO2 equivalent.

China would account for 10.5 Gt, the United States 5.3 Gt, and the European Union 3.5 Gt.