%T Trends in global co2 emissions 2012 report %I PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency %D 2012 %K Rural conditions, %K Environment %U https://apo.org.au/node/30337 %X Global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2 ) – the main cause of global warming – increased by 3% in 2011, reaching an all-time high of 34 billion tonnes in 2011. In 2011, China’s average per capita carbon dioxide (CO2 ) emissions increased by 9% to 7.2 tonnes CO2 . Taking into account an uncertainty margin of 10%, this is similar to the per capita emissions in the European Union of 7.5 tonnes in 2011, the year in which the European Union saw a decrease in emissions of 3%. %9 Report