A report released by the Global Carbon Project at the Katowice Climate Change Conference predicts that global carbon emissions will increase by approximately 2% in 2018.

This report calculates global carbon emissions in 2018, with an expected growth rate of around 2%. This is the second time global carbon emissions have increased after a small increase of 1.4% in 2017 and a record high in global carbon emissions.

The report points out that the growth in global energy consumption, especially the increase in the use of oil and natural gas, has offset the efforts made to decarbonize. In addition, the growth of coal consumption and the increase in demand for personal transportation, shipping, and air travel have also contributed to carbon emissions in 2018.

The report predicts that in 2018, carbon emissions from China will account for 27% of global emissions, and China's carbon emissions are expected to increase by about 4.5%. After several consecutive years of reduction, carbon emissions in the United States have also experienced a resurgence of growth, with carbon emissions in the United States (accounting for 15% of global emissions) expected to increase by 2.5% in 2018.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report in October this year stating that at the current rate of warming, the world's fastest temperature rise will exceed 1.5 ℃ in 12 years, which will bring irreversible losses to the global environment, ecology, humanities, and socio-economic development.

Yang Fuqiang, Senior Advisor on Energy, Environment, and Climate Change for the China Project of the Natural Resources Conservation Association (NRDC), told reporters during the Katowice Climate Conference that in the face of the threat of rapid warming, countries should further strive to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

The Global Carbon Program has released a global carbon emission forecast report for 13 consecutive years, which was jointly completed by 76 scientists from 15 countries and 57 research institutions.