Energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide have stabilised, for now

IS IT AIEA peak, a stutter or just a brief pause? Time will tell. But whatever it is, on February 11th the International Energy Agency (), an intergovernmental organisation which collects such data, announced that emissions of carbon dioxide in 2019 which were related to energy had remained the same (33.3bn tonnes) as the previous year’s.Energy-related emissions, which include those produced by electricity generation, heating and transport, account for more than 70% of the world’s industrial CO pollution. The stall seems to have been caused by a decline in coal use, particularly in rich countries, combined with an increase in the use of renewable power.