TABLE-Rising global carbon emissions, temperatures

June 25 - Rising emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases are widely blamed for causing global warming, and risk more extreme weather and higher sea levels.

The table below shows:

(1) annual global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, in billions of tonnes, from burning fossil fuels and making cement

(2) annual CO2 emissions from deforestation, after allowing for tree planting

(3) concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere, in parts per million

(4) global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, in billions of tonnes of CO2 equivalent

(5) rank among 50 hottest years since 1850

Year CO2 CO2 CO2 GHGs Rank

bln t bln t ppm bln t 50 hot yrs

(energy) (forests)

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 2008 31.6 N/A 384.89 N/A 10 2007 31.0 5.4 382.71 N/A 7 2006 30.0 5.4 380.91 N/A 6 2005 29.0 5.4 378.77 N/A 2 2004 28.1 5.6 376.76 51.3 5 2003 26.8 5.6 374.94 49.5 3 2002 25.7 5.6 372.39 48.1 4 2001 25.1 5.1 370.36 47.2 8 2000 25.0 5.2 368.77 46.9 14 1999 24.4 5.3 367.56 46.2 12 1998 24.2 5.5 365.48 45.8 1 1997 24.0 5.5 362.76 45.7 9 1996 23.9 5.6 361.62 45.1 21 1995 23.2 5.7 359.85 44.2 11 1990 22.3 6.0 353.83 46.3 13 1985 20.0 5.8 345.30 45.2 39 1980 19.6 4.6 338.67 42.7 22 1970 15.0 5.3 326 34.5 50 1960 9.5 5.1 317 N/A 50 1950 6.0 3.8 313 (6) 50 1900 2.0 2.7 296 50 1850 0.2 1.8 287 50 1800 0.0 N/A 280 N/A 1750 0.0 N/A 277 N/A 100,000 yrs before present

226 (7) 200,000 243 300,000 242 400,000 278

Note: Levels of ozone-depleting gases have plummeted since the phase-out starting in 1987. Excluding these, other greenhouse gas emissions rose much faster in the 1990s.

Sources:

(1) U.S. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center and Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL)

(2) Woods Hole Research Centre

(3) U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin (NOAA)

(4) PBL

(5) World Meteorological Organisation

(6) Ice core data, University of Bern, 1750 - 1950

(7) Vostok Ice Core, before 1750