Future of the Environment

Carbon emissions are still not going down – they’re actually going up

A man wearing a face mask walks on the bund near the financial district of Pudong amid heavy smog in Shanghai, China, December 23, 2015. REUTERS/Aly Song - D1BESCXWGMAB

Under the Paris accord, the world needs to hit net-zero emissions by about 2050. Image: REUTERS/Aly Song

Akshat Rathi
Reporter, Quartz
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