Oz Government Climate Advisor - Current Levels Of GHG Emissions On Track To Double By 2030 - Age

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GLOBAL greenhouse gas emissions are growing far more rapidly than even the most pessimistic estimates developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the Government's adviser on global warming warned.

Professor Ross Garnaut has projected that by 2030 annual greenhouse gas emissions would be 14% higher than the panel's worst-case scenario.

In a yet-to-be-finalised academic paper, Professor Garnaut and three colleagues estimate that annual emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases would have almost doubled the current levels by 2030 and have reached levels British economist Sir Nicholas Stern predicted would not be reached under a "business-as-usual" scenario until 2050.

At a seminar scheduled for the Australian National University today, co-author Stephen Howes will argue that the findings have major implications for global action on climate change, and that larger cuts in developed country emissions will be required before 2020.

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