International Energy Agency flags increased emissions

摘要

The OECD's International Energy Agency (IEA) has reported for 2017 the first real increase in carbon dioxide emissions for four years, a 1.4% increase to reach 32.5 billion tonnes. It attributed this to "robust global economic growth of 3.7%, lower fossil fuel prices and weaker energy efficiency efforts". Energy demand worldwide increased by 2.1% in 2017, according to IEA preliminary estimates, compared with 0.9% for several years prior. Fossil fuels met 70% of the growth in demand. Rising: Asia needs nuclear for clean and reliable electricity Asia needs nuclear energy to meet its economic, energy and environmental goals, but such plans are still in the development phase in the South East region of the continent, Agneta Rising, director general of World Nuclear Association, has said. Addressing delegates at the Sustainable Energy Technology Asia 2018 conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Rising noted that nuclear power generation is growing rapidly in Asia, having increased by 35% over the last five years.