"PARIS — Global carbon dioxide emissions may be dropping ever so slightly this year, spurred by a dramatic plunge in Chinese pollution, according to a surprising new study released Monday.
The unexpected dip could either be a temporary blip or true hope that the world is about to turn the corner on carbon pollution as climate talks continue in Paris, said the study's authors, a scientific team that regularly tracks heat-trapping pollution.
One skeptical scientist offered a $10,000 bet that world emissions will keep rising despite the findings, which were published on the same day that Beijing issued its first ever red alert for smog, urging schools to close and invoking restrictions on factories and traffic."
Seth Borenstein reports for the Associated Press December 7, 2015.
SEE ALSO:
"Period of Soaring Emissions May Be Ending, New Data Suggest" (New York Times)
"Global Greenhouse-Gas Emissions Set To Fall In 2015" (Nature News)
"Global Emissions To Fall for First Time During a Period of Economic Growth" (Guardian)
"Small, Surprising Dip In World's Carbon Emissions Traced To China" (NPR)
"Reaching Peak Emissions" (Nature Climate Change)
"Study Sees Possible Dip in World Carbon Dioxide Emissions"
Source: AP, 12/10/2015
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