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Energy sector CO2 emissions hit record in 2022: study

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="A woman wearing a face mask walks on a street in Beijing, China, 14 March 2023. A severe sandstorm together with already high air pollution hit Beijing and other provinces in the northern part of the country on 14 March, while the Chinese meteorological authorities issued a blue warning of sandstorm on 14 March 2023. EPA-EFE/WU HAO/FILE" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/overseas/06/27/china.jpg"/><figcaption>A woman wearing a face mask walks on a street in Beijing, China, 14 March 2023. A severe sandstorm together with already high air pollution hit Beijing and other provinces in the northern part of the country on 14 March, while the Chinese meteorological authorities issued a blue warning of sandstorm on 14 March 2023. <em>EPA-EFE/WU HAO/FILE</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>LONDON - Global energy sector carbon dioxide emissions hit a record peak last year counter to Paris commitments, a key study warned, and highlighted the &quot;worst ever&quot; impacts of climate change.</p><p>UK-based global industry body the Energy Institute laid out the main findings of its Statistical Review of World Energy, conducted with consultancies Kearney and KPMG.</p><p>&quot;Carbon dioxide emissions from energy use, industrial processes, flaring and methane... continued to rise to a new high growing 0.8 percent in 2022,&quot; read the study.</p><p>The annual review was historically published by energy major BP but it has been handed to the institute.</p><p>Primary energy consumption grew about one percent last year from 2021, or almost three percent when compared with its pre-Covid level in 2019, the review found.</p><p>Fossil fuels remain dominant at 82 percent of consumption, despite a strong showing from renewables.</p><p>Meanwhile, wind and solar power together hit a record 12 percent of total electricity generation, helped by the biggest ever increase in capacity for both.</p><p>Demand for fuel for transportation continued to rebound from pre-pandemic levels, although China held &quot;significantly&quot; below due to the ongoing impact of its prior &#x27;Zero Covid&#x27; restrictions.</p><p>Energy Institute President Juliet Davenport warned the sector was heading in the &quot;opposite direction&quot; to the goals of the Paris deal.</p><p>&quot;2022 saw some of the worst ever impacts of climate change -- the devastating floods affecting millions in Pakistan, the record heat events across Europe and North America -- yet we have to look hard for positive news on the energy transition in this new data,&quot; Davenport said.</p><p>&quot;Despite further strong growth in wind and solar in the power sector, overall global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions increased again.</p><p>&quot;We are still heading in the opposite direction to that required by the Paris Agreement.&quot;</p><p>Under the 2015 Paris accord, nations pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by the middle of the century with the aim of limiting the increase in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees of pre-industrial levels.</p><p>Richard Forrest, chair of Energy Transition Institute at Kearney, added that soaring greenhouse gas emissions reinforced &quot;the need for urgent action to get the world on track to meet the Paris targets.&quot;</p><p>He noted 2022 was a &quot;turbulent year&quot; that saw energy security top the agenda due to key producer Russia&#x27;s invasion of Ukraine -- and rebounding post-pandemic demand.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/23/23/sws-93-pct-of-pinoys-felt-climate-crisis-impact-in-past-3-years">SWS: 9 in 10 Filipinos felt impact of climate crisis in past 3 years</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fKKl2no6Nn4?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Global energy sector carbon dioxide emissions hit a record peak last year counter to Paris commitments, a key study warned, and highlighted the 'worst ever' impacts of climate change.