For example, emissions in China have risen strongly over the 1990-2005 period, often by more than 10% year.
Previously emissions had been rising by around 3% per year.
But its actual emissions have risen by over 30%, making failure inevitable.
Yes - emissions have risen by nearly 50% in the past 20 years, and they are still going up.
He noted that Britain's emissions had also risen in the last two years.
As the richest ores are used up, emissions will rise.
The Japanese environmental agency, using more recent population projections, says emissions can rise only about 3 percent.
"GE said that given its projected growth, those emissions would have risen by 40 percent without such action."
According to forecasts, these emissions will rise by 3% a year over the period 1992 to 2015.
In the meantime, these emissions have risen by 20% across the world.