Industrialized World's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rising: UN Report

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Industrialized World's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rising: UN Report

The emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from highly industrialized countries could grow 17 percent from 2000 to 2010, according to a new United Nations report released Tuesday.

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The emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from highly industrialized countries could grow 17 percent from 2000 to 2010, according to a new United Nations report released Tuesday.

"These findings clearly demonstrate that stronger and more creative policies will be needed for accelerating the spread of climate-friendly technologies and persuading businesses, local governments and citizens to cut their greenhouse gas emissions," said the report, entitled "Compilation and Synthesis of Third National Communications."

Despite domestic measures currently in place to limit greenhouse gas, the so-called transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe are also starting to increase their emissions againas their economies recover from their 1990s nadir.

As a result, the developed world as a whole, highly industrialized plus transition countries, will see its emissions increase by 17 percent from 2000 to 2010, according to the report.

The report will be considered at a two-week meeting of the Climate Change Convention which will open in Bonn on Wednesday.

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