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Update on CO2 emissions

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Figure 1: Global CO2 emissions since 1997 from fossil fuel and cement production (a) and LUC (b).

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Acknowledgements

This work is a collaborative effort of the Global Carbon Project, a joint project of the Earth System Science Partnership. We also thank the Food and Agriculture Organization Forestry Department for providing the FRA2010 forest cover dataset needed to estimate the land use change emissions.

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  1. College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QF, UK

    P. Friedlingstein

  2. Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, 02540, Massachusetts, USA

    R. A. Houghton & J. Hackler

  3. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, 37831-6290, Tennessee, USA

    G. Marland & T. A. Boden

  4. NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, 80305, Colorado, USA

    T. J. Conway

  5. Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Canberra, 2601, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

    J. G. Canadell & M. R. Raupach

  6. Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Gif sur Yvette, 91191, France

    P. Ciais

  7. School of Environment Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK

    C. Le Quéré

  8. British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, BC3 0ET, UK

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