Euronews.green reports that this was due to the fact that global energy demand increased by one percent in 2022 compared to the previous year and 82% of the demand was fulfilled by oil and gas plants.
Including nuclear power plants, clean energy sources accounted for 39% of the world's total energy share, highest than at any other point in history.
Juliet Davenport, president of the UK-based global industry body Energy Institute, said that "despite further strong growth in wind and solar in the power sector, overall global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions increased again."
"We are still heading in the opposite direction to that required by the Paris Agreement", she added.
While demand technically lowered last year compared to 2021, only growing by one percent compared to 5.5%, the overall demand in 2022 was still 3% higher compared to 2019.
As far as the total energy consumed is concerned, renewables accounted for 7.5% of the total power used, if we were to exclude hydro power.
Experts say that by continuing to use fossil-power sources, we are jeopardizing previous climate efforts and many natural ecosystems, as well as our own health. Also, if we want to meet our climate targets, we will have to slash emissions by 43% compared to 2019 before the next decade.
The continuous demand of fossil fuels is very dangerous, especially since they still represent the highest source of global warming. Some specialists consider that worldwide governments don't help in this regard, either, as country officials around the planet spent over 900 billion euros on fossil fuels subsidies in 2022, the highest figure in history.
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