Could global greenhouse gas emissions experience an historic fall in 2015?

Madeleine Cuff
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New report predicts global carbon dioxide emissions on track to decline 0.6 per cent this year, marking second year when emissions growth has failed to track economic growth

Global carbon dioxide emissions are predicted to fall slightly in 2015, according to new analysis that provides further evidence greenhouse gas emissions could have "decoupled" from economic growth...

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