Emissions are Flatlining. So Why’s CO2 Rising at Record Speed?


21 Aug 2026 #ClimateChange
In the fight against climate change, the world has made immense progress on renewable power – with wind and solar growing faster than ever. And finally carbon dioxide emissions are flatlining. But if we’ve made so much progress, why is CO2 building up in our atmosphere faster than ever before? And what can we do to finally protect our climate and ourselves?

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==CHAPTERS==

0:00 The Paradox
1:15 Why CO2 Matters
1:53 Emissions… Flatlining..?
2:44 CO2’s Record Rise..?
3:55 BS Graph
5:03 Inaction is Incorrect
6:09 Boosting CO2’s Rise
8:15 Trump’s Attacks on Science
8:49 Methane’s Mystifying Rise
9:43 Changing the Curves

==MORE INFO==

CO2 Counterfactual https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/pla…
2024 record CO2 increase: https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/car…
Sinking carbon sinks: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4155…
Current state of land sinks: https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-…
Coal not offsetting gas & oil: https://energyandcleanair.org/fossil-…
EU accelerating transition: https://www.reuters.com/sustainabilit…
Spain saving through renewables: https://www.euronews.com/2026/03/11/s…
German solar boom:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl…
Need to separate nature from net zero: https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-11-18-…
Record jump in CO2 https://www.newscientist.com/article/…

==THANKS==

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