Not exact matches
Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion and
cement production grew 2.3
per cent to a record high of 36.1 billion tonnes CO2 in 2013.
Emissions from China's
cement production were 45
per cent less that recent estimates.
Global carbon emissions from fossil fuel burning and
cement production grew 2.3
per cent in 2013.
The carbon majors are defined as fossil fuel
production entities and
cement manufacturers that produced more than ≥ 8 million tonnes carbon
per year (MtC / y), while the total human attribution case refers to all relevant human activities that have been measured and used in climate assessment model scenarios that influence climate change.
Emissions of CO2 by human activities, including fossil fuel burning,
cement production, and gas flaring, amount to about 27 billion tonnes
per year (30 billion tons)-LSB-(Marland, et al., 2006)-- The reference gives the amount of released carbon (C), rather than CO2, through 2003.].
Per the article: Approximately 8 Petagrams (Pg; trillion kilograms) of carbon are added to the atmosphere every year from fossil fuel burning and
cement production alone.
The estimates are also based on
production data for
cement, lime, ammonia and steel and emissions
per country from 1970 to 2008 from version 4.2 of the Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR), a joint project of JRC and PBL.
However, global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and
cement production have continued to grow by 2.5
per cent
per year, on average, in the past decade.
Global greenhouse gas emissions
per region / Global CO2 emissions
per region from fossil - fuel use and
cement production The Report includes a new systematic assessment of how various economic sectors can reduce their climate - warming emissions, focusing on the potential eductions from the wide application of already - known and cost - effective technologies.
The carbon majors are defined as fossil fuel
production entities and
cement manufacturers that produced more than ≥ 8 million tonnes carbon
per year (MtC / y), while the total human attribution case refers to all relevant human activities that have been measured and used in climate assessment model scenarios that influence climate change.
Global average CO2 emission
per tonne
cement production is estimated by Worrell et al. (2001b) at 814 kg (222 kg C), while Humphreys and Mahasenan (2002) estimated 870 kg (264 kg C).
Over 90
per cent of global emissions come from burning fossil fuels and
cement production.