Greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector hit new records last year and the sector is moving in the “opposite” direction of Paris climate accord commitments, a study warns Monday.
“Global primary energy consumption (available naturally, without transformation, editor’s note) increased by around 1% in 2022, representing an increase of almost 3% compared to pre-Covid levels in 2019” , says the Energy Institute, an industry organization. , in this study carried out in cooperation with the consultancies KPMG and Kearney.
Fossil fuels continue to dominate to a large extent and account for 82% of the total energy consumed, despite the increasing strength of renewable energies, specifies this annual study.
More and more renewable energy
CO2 emissions from energy use, industrial processes, flaring (the act of burning the gases produced by pumping oil, editor’s note) and methane rose 0.8% last year and hit “new records,” it continues. the study.
Renewables benefited in 2022 from the “largest increase in solar and wind power generation capacity,” to jointly achieve “a record 12% share of electricity generation.”
On the transportation side, fuel demand continued to rebound last year compared to its post-Covid level, but with China holding back, the world’s second-largest oil consumer having been plagued by a zero-Covid policy that has made it difficult largely the movement of its inhabitants.
“We always go against what the Paris agreement requires”
“In 2022 we saw some of the worst consequences of climate change, with devastating floods affecting millions in Pakistan, record heat in Europe and North America and yet it is difficult to find progress in the energy transition”, lamented Juliet Davenport, the president. from the EI.
“We are still going against what the Paris climate agreement requires” to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, he insisted, with the report calling for “urgent action” to correct the situation.
Source: BFM TV
