World Energy Outlook

The International Energy Agency's World Energy Outlook 2011 is unsettling, at best:

On planned policies, rising fossil energy  use will lead to irreversible and potentially catastrophic climate change. Global energy-related emissions of  carbon dioxide (CO2)  – the principal greenhouse gas  – jumped by 5.3% in  2010  to a  record  30.4  gigatonnes (Gt). In the New Policies Scenario, our central scenario, emissions continue to rise, reaching 36.4 Gt in 2035 – an increase of 20%. This trajectory is consistent with a long-term global temperature increase of more than 3.5°C.

On planned policies, rising fossil energy  use will lead to irreversible and potentially catastrophic climate change. Global energy-related emissions of  carbon dioxide (CO2)  – the principal greenhouse gas  – jumped by 5.3% in   2010  to a  record  30.4  gigatonnes (Gt). In the New Policies Scenario, our central scenario, emissions continue to rise, reaching 36.4 Gt in 2035– an increase of 20%. This trajectory is consistent with a long-term global temperature increase of more than 3.5°C.