Group of 20 nations have increased per capita emissions nearly 7% from coal-fired power since 2015, with China and India adding new plants, and Australia's CO2 count per head nearly three times higher than the world average, research showed on Tuesday.

G20 countries account for 80% of world power sector emissions, with per capita CO2 from coal power at 1.6 tons last year, up from 1.5 tons in 2015 and significantly higher than a global average of 1.1 tons, Ember said.

Is this from EVs or more powerful phones? I don’t understand the cause of this. Any ideas?

  • zephyreks@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Who’s fault is that? Most of the West got massive emissions reductions on paper by switching from coal to natural gas… A resource that China and India don’t have so readily accessible.

    I say on paper because methane leakage in the extraction and transportation of natural gas can exceed the GHG emissions of actually burning natural gas for energy.