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Preliminary US Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimates for 2023
After two years of emissions growth, while the country rebounded from the pandemic, we estimate that emissions were down 1.9% year-on-year in 2023.
Alfredo Rivera
Senior Analyst
Alfredo Rivera is a Senior Analyst in Rhodium's Energy & Climate practice, focusing on international energy and climate issues.
Energy & ClimateAlfredo leads Rhodium’s global modeling of non-CO2 gases and global temperature rise. During his time at Rhodium, he has led a broad spectrum of analysis of US and international policy developments made available through the ClimateDeck. His work spans annual country-level emissions inventories, emissions estimates for major economies, and state-level emissions projections from our Taking Stock report.
Before Rhodium, he contributed to solar energy projects and climate policy analysis in the US-Mexico border region and rural Thailand. As an Energy Advisor for the Mexican House of Representatives, he worked on oil resource and climate change strategies. Alfredo holds a Bachelor’s in Economics from the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico and a Master’s in Public Policy from UC Berkeley, specializing in energy economics.
Content by Alfredo Rivera
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Rhodium Climate Outlook: Probabilistic Projections of Energy, Emissions, and Global Temperature Rise
We provide probabilistic projections of the likely evolution of global emissions and temperature rise through the end of the century.
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Going Beyond Carbon: Closing the Non-CO2 Ambition Gap
Efforts to mitigate emissions have largely focused on CO2. We assess the gap around non-CO2 emissions, in particular methane.
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Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 1990-2021 and Preliminary 2022 Estimates
Our preliminary estimates for global greenhouse gas emissions in 2022 show a 1.1% increase from 2021, rebounding back above pre-pandemic emissions levels.