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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
Environment
Amanda Morrow

World's carbon emissions could start to fall for first time in 2024

This aerial view shows a coal-fired Yenikoy power station, in Milas, southwestern Turkey, on August 19, 2023. AFP - BULENT KILIC

Global carbon emissions may have peaked in 2023 – the hottest year in history – as efforts to step up renewable energy and step back from fossil fuels show signs of promise.

Climate experts are increasingly hopeful that 2024 could mark the beginning of a fall in emissions produced by the energy sector – a milestone the International Energy Agency (IEA) had earlier predicated would be met by the middle of this decade.

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