Greenhouse gasses increase

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A new report claims that man-made global greenhouse-gas emissions increased by 15 per cent between 2000 and 2005, a sharp increase in the expected rate of growth.

A new report from the Joint Research Centre (JRC) claims that man-made global greenhouse-gas emissions increased by 15 per cent between 2000 and 2005, a sharp increase in the expected rate of growth.

It also shows that global annual emissions of greenhouse gases increased from 24bn tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents in 1970 to 33bn tonnes in 1990 and 41bn tonnes in 2005.

The new report takes its figures from EDGAR (the Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research), a joint project between the JRC and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL).

EDGAR uses the latest international statistics and data on greenhouse-gas emissions to model emissions for every country in the world.

It reports on energy production and consumption, industrial manufacturing, agricultural production, disposal of waste materials and the burning of biomass.

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