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submitted 10 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

The world this year pumped 1.1% more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air than last year because of increased pollution from China and India, a team of scientists reported.

The increase was reported early Tuesday at international climate talks, where global officials are trying to cut emissions by 43% by 2030. Instead, carbon pollution keeps rising, with 36.8 billion metric tons poured into the air in 2023, twice the annual amount of 40 years ago, according to Global Carbon Project, a group of international scientists who produce the gold standard of emissions counting.

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Outside of India and China, the rest of the world’s fossil fuel emissions went down by 419 million metric tons, led by Europe’s 205 million metric ton drop and a decrease of 154 million metric tons in the United States.

Europe’s 8% decrease was across the board with reduced emissions in coal, oil, gas and cement emissions, the report said. The U.S. decrease was almost entirely in coal, with slight increases in oil and gas emissions.

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[-] foggy@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

I feel like that's a quiet way to say "Billionaires flying their fucking private jet everywhere."

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

All flying, not just private jets. Private jets emit an enormous amount of co2 per person, but only about 4% of aviation emissions overall.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2022/09/13/the-environmental-impact-of-private-jets-is-largely-underestimated_5996731_23.html

But the top 15% of flyers do fly 70% of the fights, so there's still a big gap there. But not only billionaires, but millionaires, executives, and people going on business trips too.

[-] interceder270@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Sorry bro, you're not allowed to admit millionaires might also be part of the problem.

[-] Thorry84@feddit.nl 4 points 10 months ago

Well at least aviation serves some kind of purpose. I hate cruise ships much more, eating up huge amounts of fuel and releasing tons of pollution simply to ferry old folk around. They usually don't go all that far and generally go in circles. It's among the most useless and wasteful things people ever invented. Right up there with things like crypto currency, nfts and such.

[-] School_Lunch@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Just think about the amount of fuel one plane uses, then go look at flightradar24.com

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