The peak is expected to increase by 1.1% due to China and India, where coal remains the most popular energy source.
As a whole, humanity is still very far from escaping its dependence on fossil fuels. In 2023, global carbon dioxide emissions should even reach a new record, according to the results of the Global Carbon Budget, an international work which mobilized 121 researchers from 17 countries. According to this study published this December 5 in Earth System Science Data, emissions linked to fossil fuels are up 1.1% compared to 2022, and 1.4% compared to their 2019 level (the years 2020 and 2021 having been marked by a slight cyclical decline directly linked to the Covid pandemic). They should thus reach 36.8 billion tonnes of CO2. The average concentration of CO2 in the air should at the same time continue its progression, which began at the start of the industrial era, to reach 419.3 ppm (parts per million molecules in the air) against 278 ppm in 1750.
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