G20 coal CO2 emissions per capita up 7 % since 2015 - research

The Group of 20 countries have increased coal-fired emissions per capita by nearly 7 % since 2015, with China and India adding new plants and Australia's per capita CO2 emissions being nearly three times the global average. , research showed on Tuesday. As the bloc gathers for a summit in India this week, as many as seven G20 members — China, Brazil, India, Japan, South Korea, South Africa and the United States — have yet to draw up plans to phase out coal use. to the environmental group Ember, which focuses on the global transition to clean electricity. G20 countries account for 80 % of global energy sector emissions, with CO2 per capita from coal power at 1.6 tonnes last year, up from 1.5 tonnes in 2015 and well above the global average of 1.1 tonnes, Ember said . China, the world's largest consumer of coal and its largest source of CO2, recorded per capita emissions of 3.1 tonnes in 2022, up 30 % from 2015, despite adding 670 gigawatts over that period (GW) of renewable capacity. (Reuters)