DUBAI, United Arab Emirates ) – The world pumped 1.1 % more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere this year than last year due to increased pollution from China and India, a team of scientists reported. The increase was noted on Tuesday at international climate talks, where global leaders are trying to cut emissions by 43 % by 2030. Instead, carbon pollution continues to rise, with 36.8 billion tonnes spilled into the air by 2023, double the annual amount 40 years ago, according to the Global Carbon Project, a group of international scientists who produce the gold standard for counting emissions. “It now seems inevitable that we will exceed the 1.5 (degrees Celsius, 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) target of the Paris Agreement, and leaders meeting at COP28 will need to agree on rapid reductions in fossil fuel emissions to maintain 2 ( degree Celsius, 3.6 degrees). Fahrenheit) target alive," said study lead author Pierre Friedlingstein of the University of Exeter. Limiting warming to 1.5 degrees is "just possible", but only barely with massive reductions in emissions, said Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change chairman Jim Skea. (SETH BORENSTEIN / AP, tíme.com)