By Susanna Twidale and Nina Chestney
LONDON -International energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide rose to their highest ever degree final yr as economies recovered from the coronavirus pandemic and coal use elevated, the Worldwide Power Company (IEA) mentioned on Tuesday.
International emissions from vitality rose 6% in 2021 to a report 36.3 billion tonnes, IEA evaluation confirmed.
“The world should now make sure that the worldwide rebound in emissions in 2021 was a one-off – and that an accelerated vitality transition contributes to world vitality safety and decrease vitality costs for customers,” the IEA mentioned in an announcement.
Coal accounted for over 40% of the general development in world CO2 emissions in 2021, reaching an all-time excessive of 15.3 billion tonnes. CO2 emissions from pure fuel rebounded properly above their 2019 ranges to 7.5 billion tonnes.
China, which the IEA mentioned was the one main financial system to expertise development in each 2020 and 2021, was the biggest driver of the rise in emissions.
“In 2021 alone, China’s CO2 emissions rose above 11.9 billion tonnes, accounting for 33% of the worldwide complete,” the IEA mentioned.
India’s CO2 emissions rose above 2019 ranges final yr, pushed by development in coal use for electrical energy technology.
The nation’s coal-fired technology reached an all-time excessive, leaping 13% above its 2020 degree. This was partly as a result of the expansion of renewables slowed to a 3rd of the common charge seen over the earlier 5 years, the IEA mentioned.
A surge in fuel costs in Europe and america additionally contributed to the rise in world emissions, making it extra worthwhile for energy mills to burn coal which emits double the quantity of carbon dioxide as gas-powered energy crops.
“Fuel-to-coal switching pushed up world CO2 emissions from electrical energy technology by properly over 100 million tonnes, notably in america and Europe the place competitors between fuel and coal energy crops is tightest,” the IEA mentioned.
In america, CO2 emissions had been 4% under their 2019 degree final yr, whereas within the European Union they had been 2.4% decrease.
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