IEA Warns of Emissions Rebound

摘要

The International Energy Agency (IEA) on Monday warned that global emissions that have been hollowed out by the Covid-19 pandemic are set to rebound in 2021 unless governments take swift policy action. Emissions of CO2 declined by 7% in 2020 to levels last seen a decade ago, IEA chief Fatih Birol told reporters, but as the economic damage from the crisis wanes “the early data ... confirm our worry that global emissions in 2021 are set to rebound." While the data will not be released by the group until April, the IEA said that China-the first major economy to emerge from strict lockdowns-is already topping pre-virus emissions.