Energy demand around the world grew by 2.3 percent over the past year, marking the most rapid increase in a decade, according to the report from the International Energy Agency. 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. Someone has to decrease their emissions significantly for us to have any hope of meeting the Paris commitments.”The new results dash earlier hopes that global emissions might be flattening and starting to decline. From 2014 through 2016, they fell slightly, and coal emissions dipped.

Source: National Post March 26, 2019 16:29 UTC