Global climate emissions are on the rise again, after staying relatively flat between 2014-2016. Researchers with the Global Carbon Project predict that emissions levels will increase anywhere from 0.8 to 3 percent in 2017, says NPR.
The rise comes partially in response to an uptick in the Chinese economy, and, generally, emissions aren’t evenly distributed around the world. “The U.S. and the countries of the European Union, which once generated nearly all of the world’s fossil-fuel and industrial carbon emissions, now contribute less than half of the world’s cumulative emissions,” says NPR. “Their contributions are expected to continue to fall in 2017, albeit at a lower rate than they had previously been falling. Emissions from China, India and the rest of the world, however, are projected to show marked increase in 2017.”