A worker walks past coal piles at a coal coking plant in Yuncheng, Shanxi province, China, in January 2018. The growth in global emissions in 2018 alone was “equivalent to the total emissions from international aviation,” the body found. Overcoming those barriers is complicated, as the agency report makes clear. Again, coal emissions are still rising. From 2014 through 2016, they fell slightly, and coal emissions in particular dipped as well.

Source: Washington Post March 26, 2019 00:24 UTC