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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jasper Jolly

Carbon emissions from energy to peak in 2025 in ‘historic turning point’, says IEA

President Joe Biden passes solar panels
Government stimulus such as President Joe Biden’s federal boost to clean energy such as solar power in the US may cause carbon emissions to peak in 2025. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

Global carbon emissions from energy will peak in 2025 thanks to massively increased government spending on clean fuels in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to analysis by the world’s leading energy organisation.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) said that government spending on clean energy in response to the crisis would mark a “historic turning point” in the transition away from fossil fuels, in its annual report on global energy.

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