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France 24: 2021 global CO2 emissions near record levels

Published Nov. 4, 2021. Updated Nov. 4 at 2:24 am

A journalist does an interview under a globe at the World Leaders' Summit of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow on Nov. 2, 2021. - COP26, running from Oct. 31 to Nov. 12 in Glasgow will be the biggest climate conference since the 2015 Paris summit and is seen as crucial in setting worldwide emission targets to slow global warming, as well as firming up other key commitments.

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Global CO2 emissions caused mainly by burning fossil fuels are set to rebound in 2021 to pre-Covid levels, with China’s share increasing to nearly a third of the total, according to an assessment published Thursday. Overall, CO2 pollution this year will be just shy of the record set in 2019, according to the annual report from the Global Carbon Project consortium, released as nearly 200 nations at the COP26 climate summit confront the threat of catastrophic warming.