Global Energy Intensity Trends Down, but CO2 Climate Threshold Still Threatens

JOHANNESBURG--December 23, 2014--Written by Richard Finlayson, Senior International Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--At the recent international Lima Climate Change Conference in Peru, it was noted that 2014 emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) are projected to be 2.5% higher than 2013 levels, which indicates the release of 37 billion additional tons of the greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, and there is no sign that this trend will change soon. Within this article: Ongoing effects of CO2 emissions on climate change.