Greenhouse emissions grow more rapidly

By Fiona Harvey in London
Published: November 10 2006, Financial Times

Greenhouse gas emissions have been increasing four times as fast as in the 1990s, giving added urgency to international talks on climate change.
Research carried out for Unesco found on Friday that the rate of increase in emissions from burning fossil fuels between 2000 and 2005 was four times that between 1990 and 2000.

The accelerated rise is a result of rapid growth in developing economies such as China, India and Brazil, as well as the failure of developed countries such as the US to mitigate their greenhouse gas output.