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Despite concerns about the effects of the energy crisis, global carbon emissions from the burning of fossil fuels expected to grow just under 1% in 2022 all around the world because of expansion renewable energy and electric vehicles.
This is what one points out analysis published by IEA (International Energy Agency, acronym in English), which shows that CO2 emissions are expected to increase by around 300 million tons in 2022 – a much smaller growth than the jump of almost 2 billion tons in 2021.
“The increase in global emissions of CO2 this year would be much bigger – would more than triple to reach close to 1 billion tons – was not by the large implementations of technology renewable energy and electric vehicles around the world”, highlights the study.
Fatih Birol, executive director of the IEA, explains that the expansion of renewables and the reduction in the use of coal are directly related to the global energy crisis triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which “led many countries to use other energy sources to replace the supply of natural gas that Russia withheld from the market,” he said.
According to the executive, the encouraging news is that solar and wind energy should continue to grow rapidly in the coming years and be key players in reducing CO2 in the atmosphere. “CO2 emissions are growing much less quickly this year than some people feared and policy actions by governments are driving real structural changes in the energy economy,” he highlighted.
Solar and wind energy
According to the IEA, solar PV and wind are leading an increase in global renewable electricity generation in 2022, with more than 700 TWh – the largest annual increase on record.
“Without this increase, global CO2 emissions would be more than 600 million tons higher this year. The rapid deployment of solar and wind is on track to account for two-thirds of the growth in renewable energy generation,” the study points out.
In the Agency's understanding, promising signs of structural changes are evident in 2022 and should be reinforced by increases in government support for investment in clean energy, such as the Fit for 55 package from European Union, Japan's Green Transformation (GX) plan, as well as bold decarbonization goals in China and India.
