The world’s appetite for energy rose faster than usual last year because record high global temperatures meant more power was used for cooling, underscoring the vicious cycle between climate change and energy use.
Half of the increase in global emissions from energy last year was down to 2024 being the hottest year on record, the International Energy Agency said on Monday. Overall greenhouse gas emissions from energy use rose 0.8 per cent last year.
Intense heatwaves in China and India drove up the use of coal to generate the electricity needed to power air conditioners, helping push global energy demand up 2.2 per cent compared with a rate of 1.3 over the previous decade and a 1.8 per cent rise the previous year.
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