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Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2017 increased 1.4 percent to 32.5 billion tons, according to a report released by vwin德赢官网登录 International Energy Agency (IEA). From 2014 to 2016, it had plateaued or remained flat, but vwin德赢官网登录 figure had turned upward for 2017. IEA says it is not sufficient to achieve vwin德赢官网登录 Paris Agreement goal, an international framework to prevent global warming.
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By energy source, increases in renewable energy, like solar and wind power stood out, accounting for 1/4 of growth in global energy demand. This figure reflected widespread use of renewable energy in China and vwin德赢官网登录 United States. Compared to vwin德赢官网登录 year before, vwin德赢官网登录 demand for petroleum increased 1.6% and vwin德赢官网登录 demand for coal increased 1%.
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vwin德赢官网登录 Paris Agreement has set vwin德赢官网登录 goal for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions to zero by vwin德赢官网登录 second half of this century, with a temperature rise of no more than 2 degrees Celsius, or 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to vwin德赢官网登录 temperature before vwin德赢官网登录 industrial revolution. "vwin德赢官网登录 growth in energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in 2017 is a strong warning for global efforts to combat climate change, and demonstrates that current efforts are insufficient to meet vwin德赢官网登录 objectives of vwin德赢官网登录 Paris Agreement,” vwin德赢官网登录 IEA report points out.*
*Please see P.4 and vwin德赢官网登录 rest of vwin德赢官网登录 report for more details
