FILE PHOTO: Activists protest against carbon dioxide emissions in front of the U.N. Climate Change Conference venue in Bonn, Germany, November 17, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
(Reuters) - Global carbon dioxide emissions are set to rise nearly 3 percent this year due to continued fossil fuel use, scientists said on Wednesday, dashing hopes that an increase in 2017 was temporary after two years of slowdown.
World emissions grew by 1.6 percent last year and will increase even more this year due to the sustained use of coal, oil and natural gas, an annual report by the Global Carbon Project showed, a group of 76 scientists in 15 countries.
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