Carbon Forecast Shows Contrasting Trends
A small fossil decline leaves the broader total rising.
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In this lesson: Evaluate what a one-year projection does and does not establish.
Grammar in this story: Insufficient progress
not yet expanding fast enough
Not yet leaves open future progress. Enough marks the required rate, which the report says has not been reached.
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Explain why the fossil projection is not proof of a lasting overall decline.
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The projected fossil decrease is small, while total emissions including land-use change rise. Clean energy is not yet expanding fast enough to ensure a lasting fossil decline; the annual figures are projections in a preprint.
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