German latest research said 2009 global carbon emissions down 1.3%

German Renewable Energy Research Institute (IWR), said in August 13, 2009, global carbon dioxide emissions of 313 million tonnes, down 1.3% in 2009, this is the first time in ten years to achieve down.
IWR that the global economic crisis and for greater investment in renewable energy is caused by carbon emissions, the main factor in the decline. The Institute is located in Muenster, Germany, the German government to provide advisory services.
The use of renewable energy generation, heating and as fuel, the global investment last year's 120 billion U.S. dollars in 2008 rose to 125 billion euros (U.S. $ 161 000 000 000), IWR said.
But the agency director Knoch (Norbert Allnoch) said, if it is in Asia and the Middle East offset the increase in emissions of Russia, Japan and the United States to bring the effect of emissions reductions, given the economic crisis, the carbon dioxide emissions The reductions could be even greater.
IWR said the global investment in solar and wind energy to benefit from crisis prices fell, the equipment cost is reduced. But the agency also reiterated its earlier view that in order to prevent the rising trend of use of fossil fuels and stabilize global carbon dioxide emissions, the annual global investment in renewable energy should be increased to 4-fold, reaching 500 billion euros (U.S. $ 644,200,000,000 .)