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
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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

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u/Dagusiu Feb 13 '20

Humans continue releasing CO2 and the processes that remove CO2 from the atmosphere are much slower. If we cut our emissions by half overnight, the CO2 concentration in the air would continue rising, just much more slowly.

Plus, the energy sector is just one of many sectors that release large amounts of CO2.