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Despite surging renewables, fossil fuel emissions will hit record this year
Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are projected to rise to an all-time high this year, with increases expected to accelerate in the United States and European Union but slow in China and India, according to a report published Wednesday evening. At this rate, the authors said, it will take the world four years to pass the 1.5-degree threshold that experts have agreed would constitute catastrophic warming.