Carbon emissions

What are the largest sources of CO2 emissions?

(largest to lowest) : oil, coal, gas, cement (all are growing) land use is on the decline (percentage wise)

How will CO2 emissions change soon?

+2.7% in 2018 (with USA emitted the most per capita, followed by EU/China, China raised the most in 20 yrs)

How much is the imbalance between sources/sinks of carbon?

5% more sources than sinks

What are the shared socioeconomic pathways?

Different projections in the IPCC report based off if we proceed with "business as usual" (with resurgent nationalism) versus making changes (complementary with RCP pathways)

How is reneweable energy doing so far?

It is growing but fossil fuel growth is too large to be close to offset

What is CO2 emission intensity? How has it changed?

The emissions per unit of economic output - this decreases over time (China has reduced dramatically over past 40 yrs)

What is the problem with the emission pledges made by the top 4 emitting areas?

They don't leave room for other countries to emit anything starting around 2030.

What are consumption based emissions?

When emissions are determined to be from the location where the products are used (imports count as emissions from your country and exports are subtracted) - US and EU are net importers while China and India are net exporters