I sometimes wonder if pieces like this are really just an insight into the writer’s coping strategies. For better or worse, they need good news to keep going. I don’t know if it applies to everyone.
Meanwhile, US CO2 emissions peaked in 2007 and are down 20%, which is Franky astounding. Global CO2 emissions is predicted to peak this year or next, although a retrospective analysis may show that it already peaked earlier in 2016 or 2018. [1]
If net zero is the goal, of course we are a long way from that, but it is crazy to think that there hasnt been progress.
I selected trends in co2, global.
The largest global CO2 increases (slope)on record were in 2015, then 2016, and the trend is downward since then.
Annual CO2 increase in 2022 was 26% less than the peak 2015. (2.17 ppm vs 2.95 ppm).
I'm not holding my breath (no pun intended).
>Meanwhile, US CO2 emissions peaked in 2007 and are down 20%, which is Franky astounding. Global CO2 emissions is predicted to peak this year or next, although a retrospective analysis may show that it already peaked earlier in 2016 or 2018.
The historic data is fact. The trend may or may not continue. Slope may increase again, hold static, or keep decreasing.
Im not saying everything is sunshine and puppies. for example, it seems that the slope of methane is still increasing.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/05/global-c...
As long as people know we have a whole lot more to do shrug is it coping or just stress management?
It can be fatiguing to perpetually feel screwed.