Carbon Dioxide Emissions Hit Record High in 2011, Researchers Say "Global emissions of carbon dioxide were at a record high in 2011 and are likely to take a similar jump in 2012, scientists reported Sunday," Justin Gillis and John M. Broder wrote in The New York Times. The report comes as India pushes developed countries to cut emissions at the ongoing United Nations climate change talks in Doha, Qatar. "The new figures show that emissions are falling, slowly, in some of the most advanced countries, including the United States," Mr. Gillis and Mr. Broder wrote, "but the decline of emissions in the developed countries is more than matched by continued growth in developing countries like China and India, the new figures show."