Carbon emissions by industrialized nations increased by one percent in 2007, a “worrying” rise ahead of a crucial climate summit in Copenhagen in December, the United Nations climate agency said Wednesday. Emissions in 2007 by 40 industrialized countries with reporting obligations under the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) were around four percent below 1990 levels, the Bonn-based U.N. Climate Change Secretariat said. But over the period 2000 to 2007, they rose three percent. “The continuing growth of emissions from industrialized countries remains worrying, despite the expectation of a momentary dip brought about by the global recession,” U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer said. “So the numbers for 2007 underscore, once again, the urgent need to seal a comprehensive, fair and effective climate change deal in Copenhagen in December,” he added. --SPA
