Future of the Environment

These countries are paving the way to a zero-carbon future

A Massachusetts Water Resources Authority wind turbine turns in front of a 1951 megawatt fossil fuel power plant in Charlestown, Massachusetts September 18, 2013.   The wind turbine powers the MWRA waste water pumping station at that site and the power plant uses natural gas and oil.  The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change conference will be held in Stockholm September 23 to 26. This is an in-camera, multiple exposure photograph.  REUTERS/Brian Snyder  (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ENERGY) - GM1E99J0JII01

A wind turbine turns in front of a 1951 megawatt fossil fuel power plant in Charlestown, Massachusetts Image: REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Pep Canadell
Executive Director, CSIRO
Corinne Le Quéré
Professor, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia
Glen Peters
Senior Researcher, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
Robbie Andrew
Senior Researcher, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
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 Changes in CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion for 18 countries with declining emissions during 2005-2015. Countries are ordered by how soon their emissions peaked and began to decline.
Changes in CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion for 18 countries with declining emissions during 2005-2015. Countries are ordered by how soon their emissions peaked and began to decline. Image: Le Quéré et al. Nature Climate Change (2019) based on data from the International Energy Agency @IEA/OECD
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