The International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts record-high global coal consumption in 2024, driven by rising demand in China and other emerging economies. Despite global efforts to combat climate change, this trend underscores the continued reliance on fossil fuels.
World coal use is set to reach an all-time high in 2024, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday. Despite calls to halt humanity's burning of the filthiest fossil fuel driving climate change, the energy watchdog expects global demand for coal to hit record highs for the third year in a row. Scientists have warned that planet-warming greenhouse gases will have to be drastically slashed to limit global heating to avoid catastrophic impacts on the Earth and humanity.
Earlier in December, the European Union's climate monitor Copernicus said 2024 was'effectively certain' to be the hottest on record - eclipsing the record set just last year. Published on Wednesday, the IEA's Coal 2024 report does however predict the world will hit peak coal in 2027 after topping 8.77 billion tonnes this year. China's waxing demand for electricity was the most significant driving force behind the increase, with more than a third of coal burnt worldwide carbonised in the country's power plants. Though Beijing has sought to diversify its electricity sources, including a massive expansion of solar and wind power, the IEA said Chinese coal demand in 2024 will still hit 4.9 billion tonnes - itself another record. Increasing coal demand in China, as well as in emerging economies such as India and Indonesia, made up for a continued decline in advanced economies. However that decline has slowed in the European Union and the United States
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