electricity demand have grown. Much of the global power sector's emissions growth in recent decades has come from Asia, particularly China, which is now the biggest emitter from electricity generation by far.
In 2022, global power sector emissions increased 1.3 percent to an estimated 12.45 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO₂e). Global power sector emissions have increased almost 90 percent since 2000 as global populations, economies, and Emissions from electricity generation worldwide from 2000 to 2022 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
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Ember. (June 1, 2023). Emissions from electricity generation worldwide from 2000 to 2022 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 06, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1393785/global-power-sector-emissions/
Ember. "Emissions from electricity generation worldwide from 2000 to 2022 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)." Chart. June 1, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1393785/global-power-sector-emissions/
Ember. (2023). Emissions from electricity generation worldwide from 2000 to 2022 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1393785/global-power-sector-emissions/
Ember. "Emissions from Electricity Generation Worldwide from 2000 to 2022 (in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1393785/global-power-sector-emissions/
Ember, Emissions from electricity generation worldwide from 2000 to 2022 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1393785/global-power-sector-emissions/ (last visited May 06, 2024)
Emissions from electricity generation worldwide from 2000 to 2022 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph], Ember, June 1, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1393785/global-power-sector-emissions/