Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Sunday 6 Dec 2015

1. Greenhouse gases ‘may start falling’

Are greenhouse gas emissions about to start falling? Figures to be published this week will suggest that global emissions neared a plateau last year and could drop this year. Scientists will say that man-made emissions “nearly stalled” at 37bn tonnes of CO2 last year — and are on track to stabilise or drop slightly in 2015. The news will delight climate change sceptics.

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