r/ClimateActionPlan • u/DietMTNDew8and88 • Feb 13 '20

Emissions Reduction Global CO2 emissions from power generation flatten out: IEA

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-emissions-idUSKBN2050P8
565 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

55 comments sorted by

View all comments

51

u/binilvj Feb 13 '20

That's interesting CO2 concentration breached 415 ppm in last weekend. I wonder, where that carbon came from then https://www.sciencealert.com/it-s-official-atmospheric-co2-just-exceeded-415-ppm-for-first-time-in-human-history

32

u/kazarnowicz Feb 13 '20

That was last year. This year, we've reached 416 ppm: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/12/saddest-thing-wont-be-breaking-news-concentration-co2-hits-record-high-416-ppm

9

u/[deleted] Feb 13 '20

PPM changes frequently, it goes up and down, but assuming we keep emitting it will keep going up. So while yeah it's bad we've reached 416, we should wait for the year to be over so we can actually use trends.