Diverse Trends in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Across 30 Nations

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Beijing: A group of researchers have assessed the net global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of domestic paper-related industries across 30 major countries from 1961 to 2019 and found significant differences in terms of historical emission evolution trends and structures in these countries, according to a recent study published in the journal Nature.

The pulp and paper industry is an important contributor to GHG emissions. Country-specific strategies are essential for the industry to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, given its vast heterogeneities across countries, the study noted.

Researchers from the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering at Fudan University cooperated with international partners to set up a greenhouse gas emissions dataset concerning the paper industry and proposed a strategy to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 that took into account the local conditions of countries.

The research showed that the global paper industry had emitted 43.5 billion metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent greenhouse gases from 1961 to 2019.

The net greenhouse gas emissions of the paper industry globally showed a tendency to rise first and then decline or stabilise.

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