Global Carbon Emissions Reach Record High Despite Green Efforts

Global Carbon Emissions Reach Record High Despite Green Efforts

In late June the Energy Institute (EI) released the 2025 Statistical Review of World Energy, which was published previously for more than 70 years by BP. Here is the link to the full 2025 Statistical Review of World Energy. The Review confirmed that a troubling trend continues. Despite historic investments in renewables and net-zero pledges from nearly every major economy, global carbon emissions hit a record high in 2024. This article is the fi…

Global Emissions Hit Record High as Ghana Balances Growth and Climate Goals

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/global-emissions-hit-record-high-as-ghana-balances-growth-and-climate-goals/Global carbon emissions reached 40.8 billion metric tons in 2024 a new peak despite record clean energy investments according to the Energy Institute’s 2025 Statistical Review. The 0.5 billion ton annual increase underscores a critical gap: renewables are supplementing, not re…

July 6, 2008 - Southern Cross Coalition launches “towards an effective and fair response to climate change” - All Our Yesterdays

Seventeen years ago, on this day, July 6th, 2008 the grandly-named Southern Cross Coalition publishes ‘Towards an effective and fair response to climate change.” (SMH Paywalled article) The amount of carbon dioxide in the air was 385ppm.  As of 2025, when this post was published, it is 430ppm. This matters because the more carbon dioxide […]

Global carbon emissions reach record high despite green efforts

Global carbon emissions reached a new all-time high in 2024, hitting 40.8 billion metric tons of CO2-equivalent emissions, despite significant growth in renewable energy and numerous international climate pledges