Carbon emissions hit record due to more gas — and despite less coal

‘Compared to coal, natural gas is a cleaner fossil fuel, but unabated natural gas use merely cooks the planet more slowly than coal’A natural gas-purification facility inside a PetroChina mine in Suining, China. Picture: REUTERSGlobal carbon emissions boosted by soaring natural gas use are set to hit record levels in 2019 — despite a decline in coal consumption and a string of countries declaring a climate emergency, researchers said on Wednesday.

In three peer-reviewed studies, authors attributed the rise to “robust growth” in natural gas and oil, which offset significant falls in coal use in the US and Europe., from the University of East Anglia, an author on the report. “In contrast, the use of oil and particularly natural gas is going up unabated. Natural gas is now the biggest contributor to the growth in emissions.

The UN said on Wednesday that the 2010s was almost certain to be the hottest decade on record and as many as 22-million people could be displaced by extreme weather this year.The authors pointed out that 2019’s rise in emissions was slower than each of the two previous years.

“Current policies are clearly not enough to reverse trends in global emissions The urgency of action has not sunk in yet,” said Le Qu. She highlighted anticipated emissions falls of 1.7% in the US and Europe as the power sector continues its switch away from coal.

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