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Heat-trapping carbon pollution drops, but scientists cite Iran war rather than energy progress

Headline via The Hindu · first report 10 Nov, 07:46 IST, latest 10 Nov, 14:53 IST

The Persian Gulf at night, seen from the International Space Station
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2 independent news organisations have reported this story. The first report we saw came from The Hindu at 10 Nov, 07:46 IST; the latest is from Phys.org at 10 Nov, 14:53 IST. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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First report10 Nov, 07:46 IST
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In 2026, the world emitted 42.2 billion tonne of heat-trapping carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas. It's a 0.4% decrease from last year, according to the scientists of the Global Carbon Project
Global carbon pollution dropped this year ever so slightly, but it's more because of oil shocks reverberating from the Iran war than anything the world has done to fight climate change, scientists said in a new study.

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