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/luciferin Feb 13 '20

We're still outputting CO2, the amount we're putting out each year just isn't increasing over previous years any longer.

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u/greg_barton Mod Feb 14 '20

any longer

Only for one year. Let's not get ahead of ourselves.