Emissions of the main greenhouse gas are rocketing — despite international efforts to slow them down, according to a study today.
Read my colleague David Fogarty’s worrying article about carbon dioxide emissions — China has definitely overtaken the United States as top emitter, India is catching up with third placed Russia.
What’s alarming is that the rate of growth of gases blamed for stoking global warming is quickening. And the fastest growth is in the developing world. 
The Global Carbon Project said in its report carbon dioxide emissions by mankind are growing about four times faster since 2000 than during the 1990s, despite efforts by 37 rich nations to rein in emissions under the Kyoto Protocol.
Ouch! The report confirms that the developing countries are now producing more greenhouse gases than rich nations which have been burning fossil fuels since the Industrial Revolution.
Any ideas about how the world can slow the rise, without shutting down the economy?
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A timely reminder…
Now that global economies are headed for recession, conservation and clean energy have taken a backseat.
That is short-sighted as the battle is far from over. We should be capitalizing on the extra time afforded by the slowdown to step up on clean energy development and laws.
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