Global fossil fuel emissions are set to hit an all-time high in 2025, according to findings of a recent latest study released on Thursday.
With energy demands of the world escalating, emissions from use of fossil fuels, oil, gas and coal are all set to go up, with the overall figure expected to reach a record 38.1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions, as per the report by the global Carbon Budget.
Published annually, the report looks at the effects of carbon dioxide emissions into the earth’s atmosphere via burning of hydrocarbons, cement production and land use, such as deforestation.
The study also found an increase of 1.1 per cent carbon dioxide emissions in 2025, compared to the previous year, and seeks to restrict more than 170 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels.
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“This equates to four years of emissions at the current rate before the budget for 1.5 degrees Celsius is exhausted, so that is impossible, essentially,” said Pierre Friedlingstein of Britain’s Exeter University, who led the team of scientists.
The report validates its results with the threshold set out in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, the international accord that aims to limit global warming to under 2 degrees Celsius, a goal that many in the UN and other global agencies believe is impossible to achieve by 2035. Its publishing also coincides with the COP30 climate summit in Belem, Brazil.
Despite an upward trajectory in the use of renewable energy across the globe, it has not been enough to offset the overall growth in energy demand.
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