By Charity ManagerJune 2, 2017News From the Guardian. One way of looking at emissions targets is as a fixed budget amount, or quota. This countdown shows one estimate of how long it will take to reach an amount of greenhouse gas emissions beyond which 2C of warming will be likely Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Related posts: Carbon emissions in Scotland fell by 9.9% in 2011 From the BBC: Scotland ‘leads UK’ on climate change Atmospheric Carbon – Latest figures from Mauna Loa research station Scottish Greenhouse Gas Emissions fell by 3.6% in 2013, but target is missed. New data reveals which countries are most responsible for climate change