Climate change-related droughts dent progress on energy emissions -report

Climate change-related droughts dent progress on energy emissions: Report

Some fossil fuel production was used to plug the supply gap, with power generation from coal and gas both rising. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Climate change-related droughts dent progress on energy emissions -report

PARIS (Reuters) - Droughts limiting hydro-electric generation globally prevented a fall in the energy sector's overall carbon emissions in the first half of 2023 despite the growth of wind and solar power, climate think tank Ember said in a report on Thursday. Total power sector emissions rose by 0.2% in the first half of the year despite wind and solar's share of the global electricity supply rising to 14.3% over the same period, up 1.5% co…