“Global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions rose less strongly in 2023 than the year before even as total energy demand growth accelerated, newIEA analysisshows, with continued expansion of solar PV, wind, nuclear power and electric cars helping the world avoid greater use of fossil f...
When fully operational, turbines of the fourth phase are expected to annually upload 570 million kilowatt-hours of electricity to the grid, which saves an equivalent of 169,000 tonnes of standard coal, and accordingly reduces carbon dioxide emissions by 462,000 tonnes. (Xinhua/Wang Dayu) Staff ...
China released 11.9 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions in 2023, making it by far the world's largest polluter that year. While most countries experienced dramaticemission reductionsin 2020 due to COVID-19, China was one of only a handful of countries where emissions increased. ...
“I’m still mostly concerned about carbon dioxide emissions,” Lan said. Carbon dioxide emissions going into the air from burning fossil fuels and making cement hit an all time high last year of 36.8 billion metric tons, twice the amount spewed into the air 40 years ago, according...
Seagrass ecosystems are important carbon dioxide sinks that can sequester carbon for centuries as organic matter in sediment. They are also a major source of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, which limits their carbon sink capacity. However, data are lac
The 2023 Canadian forest fires have been extreme in scale and intensity with more than seven times the average annual area burned compared to the previous four decades1. Here, we quantify the carbon emissions from these fires from May to September 2023 on the basis of inverse modelling of sate...
According to the EPA, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, also referred to the shortened, but incorrect "Carbon Emissions" or simply CO2 emissions are generated in a number of ways. Carbon Dioxide Emissions are produced naturally through the carbon cycle and through human activities like the burning of ...
Bruce G.Miller, inCoal Energy Systems, 2005 Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Carbon dioxide emissionsfrom energy use are shown inFigure 4-21, which providesCO2emissions by sector and fuel for 1990 and 2001 and projections up to 2025 [65].Petroleum productsare the leading source of CO2emissions from energ...
China reduces carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 3 billion tons in the past decade The opening ceremony of the 33rd National Energy Efficiency Promotion Week in China kicked off in Guangzhou on July 10th. The theme of this year's weeklong campaign is " Let's Work Together on Energy ...
An extreme forest fire event in Canada in 2023 caused 1.5 billion tonnes of direct carbon dioxide emissions, higher than the overall carbon dioxide emissions from forest fires in the country over the past 22 years, said the blue book when reviewing typical cases of extreme forest fire events ar...