Rate Of Growth In Atmospheric CO2 Slows In 2006, But Still Up 2.6% Over 2005 Totals - Reuters

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LONDON - Growth in global emissions of the heat-trapping greenhouse gas carbon dioxide slowed slightly last year, preliminary data from the US Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) suggest.

CDIAC is the primary source of climate-change data and information analysis for the US Department of Energy. In the past, its preliminary emissions estimates have been subsequently revised upwards.

"Tt is hard to put too much emphasis on the last number in a time series, it is always the most subject to revision," said Gregg Marland, senior scientist at CDIAC and at Austria's International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.

Marland told Reuters that CDIAC's latest, unpublished data show carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels, making cement and flaring natural gas, rose 2.6 percent in 2006, versus 3.3 percent in 2005. Emissions in 2004 and 2003 rose 5.4 and 4.7 percent respectively.

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