By the end of 1990, 50 percent of the global carbon budget to keep warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared with pre-industrial levels had been used up. Since then, rising emissions have caused an accelerating depletion of the carbon budget, with just 10 percent remaining by the end of 2022. Global CO₂ emissions are projected to have reached record levels in 2023, leaving around 7.5 percent of the carbon budget left. If CO₂ emissions continue at current levels, the remaining budget will be used up within five years.
Remaining global carbon budget for 1.5 degrees Celsius in select years from 1850 to 2023
(in percent)
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Carbon Brief. (November 26, 2023). Remaining global carbon budget for 1.5 degrees Celsius in select years from 1850 to 2023 (in percent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1427663/remaining-carbon-budget-by-year/
Carbon Brief. "Remaining global carbon budget for 1.5 degrees Celsius in select years from 1850 to 2023 (in percent)." Chart. November 26, 2023. Statista. Accessed October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1427663/remaining-carbon-budget-by-year/
Carbon Brief. (2023). Remaining global carbon budget for 1.5 degrees Celsius in select years from 1850 to 2023 (in percent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1427663/remaining-carbon-budget-by-year/
Carbon Brief. "Remaining Global Carbon Budget for 1.5 Degrees Celsius in Select Years from 1850 to 2023 (in Percent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1427663/remaining-carbon-budget-by-year/
Carbon Brief, Remaining global carbon budget for 1.5 degrees Celsius in select years from 1850 to 2023 (in percent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1427663/remaining-carbon-budget-by-year/ (last visited October 31, 2024)
Remaining global carbon budget for 1.5 degrees Celsius in select years from 1850 to 2023 (in percent) [Graph], Carbon Brief, November 26, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1427663/remaining-carbon-budget-by-year/
