PwC Net Zero Economy Index

The global rate of decarbonisation in 2021, the lowest level in over a decade

The global rate of decarbonisation stood at 0.5% in 2021, the lowest level in a decade, as energy consumption and emissions increased by 5.5% compared to levels in 2020, the first year of the pandemic, according to the latest PwC Report - Net Zero Economy Index 2022, released ahead of COP27 in Egypt.