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\u00a0Energy-related carbon emissions are on track to surge by nearly 5% this year, according to the International Energy Agency, reversing most of last year\u2019s decline caused by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n
In the IEA\u2019s Global Energy Review 2021, published Tuesday, the group said global energy-related CO2 emissions were on course to rise to 33 billion metric tons this year, up 1.5 billion metric tons from 2020 levels.<\/p>\n
It would reflect the single largest increase in emissions since 2010 and the second-largest increase in history.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a dire warning that the economic recovery from the Covid crisis is currently anything but sustainable for our climate,\u201d Fatih Birol, executive director of the IEA, said in the report.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnless governments around the world move rapidly to start cutting emissions, we are likely to face an even worse situation in 2022,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The report comes at a time when policymakers are under\u00a0intensifying pressure\u00a0to deliver on promises made as part of the Paris Agreement.<\/p>\n
President Joe Biden will hold a virtual summit to discuss the climate emergency with dozens of world leaders this week, with global talks due to be held in\u00a0Glasgow, Scotland in early November.<\/p>\n
Yet, even as politicians and business leaders publicly acknowledge the necessity of transitioning to a low-carbon society, hopes of limiting global warming \u2014 and meeting a crucial global target \u2014 are quickly deteriorating.<\/p>\n
Almost 200 countries ratified the Paris climate accord at COP21 in 2015, agreeing to limit the increase in the planet\u2019s average temperature to \u201cwell below\u201d 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to cap the temperature rise at 1.5 degrees Celsius.<\/p>\n
It remains a key focus ahead of COP26, although some climate scientists now believe that achieving the 1.5 degrees Celsius target is already \u201cvirtually impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cDuring the Covid crisis, many people thought human beings would be much more environmentally directed, governments are making one pledge after another, and as a result we would have a cleaner energy system. But the numbers show a completely different picture,\u201d Birol told CNBC\u2019s \u201cStreet Signs Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a growing gap between what the governments say, what we read in the papers and so on, and what is happening in real life.\u201d<\/p>\n
Birol said policymakers must make clear commitments on how they plan to substantially reduce emissions at the Leaders Summit on Climate on Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\n
He warned that while the IEA\u2019s 2021 emissions forecast was \u201cdisappointing,\u201d the absence of immediate action would mean next year\u2019s outlook is likely to be \u201ceven worse.\u201d<\/p>\n
The IEA said this year\u2019s rise in carbon emissions would likely be driven by a resurgence in coal use in the power sector, with more than 80% of the projected growth set to come from Asia, led by China.<\/p>\n
Coal use in the U.S. and European Union is also expected to rise in 2021, the IEA said, but will remain \u201cwell below\u201d pre-crisis levels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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