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Global energy CO2 emissions forecast to rise 5% in 2021 on revived coal burn
Global energy-related CO2 emissions are on course to surge by almost 5% in 2021 to 33 billion tonnes, the second-largest increase in history, the International Energy Agency said April 20 in its Global Energy Review 2021.
read more... 20/04/2021
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Natural gas leading source of EU's power emissions
Gas power plants overtook lignite coal plants in 2020 to become the European Union's largest single source of emissions from electricity, an analysis of the bloc's Emissions Trading Scheme showed Friday.
read more... 19/04/2021
Major industry groups urge UK, EU to agree emissions trading link before COP26
A coalition of more than 40 major industry associations from Europe and the UK has urged leaders from both regions to link up their respective emissions trading systems before the COP26 climate summit in November.
read more... 16/04/2021
UK saw the ‘fifth largest’ fall in electricity sector carbon emissions since the start of lockdown
Energy-related emissions in the UK fell by 8%, the fifth largest drop, among the ten largest European economies since the start of national lockdowns.
read more... 13/04/2021
Global CO2 emissions far off net-zero trajectory
The global energy system has become greener over the last decade, but most countries are nowhere near on track to achieve net zero emissions by the middle of this century.
read more... 12/04/2021