EIA's Projection on Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Worldwide carbon dioxide emissions are projected to rise from 23.9 billion metric tons in 2001 to 27.7 billion metric tons in 2010, a US government agency says.
In 2005, the carbon dioxide emissions will be 37.1 billion metric tons, according to the International Energy Outlook 2004 (IEO2004) released by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the analytical agency on the Energy Department.
It said: Much of the projected increase in emissions is expected to occur in the developing world, accompanying the large increments in energy use projected for the region's emerging economics.
“Developing countries account for 61 percent of the projected increment in carbon dioxide emissions between 2001 and 2025. Continued reliance on coal and other fossil fuels, as projected for the developing world, would ensure that even if the industrialized world undertook efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, there would still be substantial increases in worldwide carbon dioxide emissions over the forecast period,” said the IEO2004 reference case.