Global carbon pollution from energy hit a record high last year, driven partly by increased fossil fuel use in countries where droughts restricted hydropower production, according to an International Energy Agency (IEA) report published Thursday.
Steep cuts in carbon emissions, mainly from burning fossil fuels, will be needed in the coming years if targets to limit a global rise in temperatures and prevent runaway climate change are to be met, scientists have said.
“Far from falling rapidly — as is required to meet the global climate goals set out in the Paris Agreement — CO2 emissions reached a new record high,” the IEA said in the report.
Global emissions from energy rose by 410 million metric tons, or 1.1%, in 2023 to 37.4 billion metric tons, the IEA analysis showed.
Its not universally true across the globe. Much of the EU has already turned into reduction and in many countries that started over a decade ago. The reduction is going too slow even in the EU but the increase is largely being driven by the USA and China. I think China will probably turn its increase around quickest as its investing enormously in Solar, Wind and batteries and is by far the largest consumer of its domestic manufacturing of those items and politically its onboard with reducing its emissions.