Rapid cuts needed to protect billions of people from rising emissions due to increase in use of cars and coalGlobal carbon emissions will jump to a record high in 2018, according to a report, dashing hopes a plateau of recent years would be maintained. It means emissions are heading in the opposite direction to the deep cuts urgently needed, say scientists, to fight climate change.The rise is due to the growing number of cars on the roads and a renaissance of coal use and means the world remains on the track to catastrophic global warming. However, the report’s authors said the emissions trend can still be turned around by 2020, if cuts are made in transport, industry and farming emissions. Related: David Attenborough: collapse of civilisation is on the horizon Related: World Bank to invest $200bn to combat climate change Continue reading...

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