全球二氧化碳排放量持续增长

 ,Based on recent results from the Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric ⁶ Research (EDGAR) and latest statistics on energy use and relevant activities such as gas flaring ⁷ and cement production, the report shows that global CO2 emissions continued to grow in 2011, despite reductions in OECD countries. Weak economic conditions, a mild winter, and energy savings ⁸ stimulated ⁹ by high oil prices led to a decrease of 3% in CO2 emissions in the European Union and of 2% in both the United States and Japan. Emissions from OECD countries now account for only one third of global CO2 emissions -- the same share as that of China and India combined, where emissions increased by 9% and 6% respectively in 2011. Economic growth in China led to significant increases in fossil fuel consumption driven by construction and infrastructure ¹⁰ expansion. The growth in cement and steel production caused China's domestic coal consumption to increase by 9.7%., ,The 3% increase in global CO2 emissions in 2011 is above the past decade's average annual increase of 2.7%, with a decrease in 2008 and a surge of 5% in 2010. The top emitters contributing to the 34 billion tonnes of CO2 emitted globally in 2011 are: China (29%), the United States (16%), the European Union (11%), India (6%), the Russian Federation ¹¹ (5%) and Japan (4%).