Efforts to control climate change require the stabilization of atmospheric CO2 concentrations. This can only be achieved through a drastic reduction of global CO2 emissions. Yet fossil fuel emissions increased by 29% between 2000 and 2008, in conjunction with increased contributions from emerging economies, from the production and international trade of goods and services, and from the use of coal as a fuel source. In contrast, emissions from land-use changes were nearly constant.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/trends-sources-and-sinks-carbon-dioxide
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/corinne-le-qu%C3%A9r%C3%A9
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/michael-r-raupach
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/josep-g-canadell-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature-geoscience
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-dioxide
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-sinks
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indian-ocean
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oceans-and-seas
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fossil-fuels
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/china
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/atmosphere
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coal