This is the sixth and final article in a series on BP’s Global Energy 2020 Statistical Review. The review provides a complete picture of the source and demand for primary energy resources at the national level. Previous articles focused on overall energy consumption, oil and demand source, herbal gas, coal and renewable energy.
Today, to conclude on global carbon dioxide emissions.
The previous article highlighted the explosive global expansion of renewable energy. However, total energy demand has been so high that fossil fuel intake has also continued to grow. This continues to increase global carbon dioxide emissions. In 2019, carbon dioxide emissions reached a record point for the fourth year in a row.
There is a huge disparity between carbon emissions in emerging and emerging countries. The 37 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are high-income countries considered to be evolved countries. Carbon dioxide emissions in these countries have been declining for more than a decade and are roughly the same as they were 25 years ago.
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The first explanation of the moment is that the majority of the world’s population lives in emerging countries. Although consistent with emissions in these countries are low compared to developed countries, profits are emerging and average elegance is growing. Therefore, a giant population of others that increases slightly according to the emissions of the past has a significant overall effect on global emissions.
Consider that another 4.3 billion people live in the Asia-Pacific region. This represents 60% of the world’s population. The billions of others in the Asia-Pacific region who are slowly expanding their population-consistent carbon dioxide emissions have pushed the region’s emissions to more than double the combined emissions of the United States and the EU.
It’s just China and India. Several countries in Asia-Pacific are among the largest emitters of carbon dioxide and among the leaders in emission growth.
The average Chinese citizen emitted 7.0 metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2019, less than part of the 15 tons emitted by the average Us. Despite its rate of immediate expansion, India emitted 1.8 tons of carbon dioxide in line with the constant.
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As a result, discussions on reducing carbon dioxide emissions lead to stagnation on these issues. It is difficult for evolved countries to lecture China and India on emissions reduction when ours, consistent with emissions, are so high.
But one thing’s for sure. Global carbon dioxide emissions have been expanding further across emerging countries for more than 20 years. Current trends recommend that this will remain the case. The world has no chance of reducing carbon dioxide emissions without finding a way to prevent the expansion of emissions in the next populated countries.
By Robert Rapier
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