{"id":1534,"date":"2025-03-24T14:24:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/ac-use-soars-as-global-heating-worsens-driving-up-emissions-worldwide\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T14:24:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:24:12","slug":"ac-use-soars-as-global-heating-worsens-driving-up-emissions-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/id\/ac-use-soars-as-global-heating-worsens-driving-up-emissions-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"AC Use Soars as Global Heating Worsens, Driving Up Emissions Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n The rate of increase in global energy demand shot up last year, driving increased greenhouse gas emissions even with renewable energy and nuclear power supplying bulk of new electricity generation capacity.\n<\/p>\n

\n On Monday, the International Energy Agency announced a 2.2% rise in worldwide energy consumption for the previous year, nearly doubling the annual average growth rate of 1.3% observed during the ten years leading up to 2023. However, electricity usage experienced an impressive spike of 4.3%, fueled primarily by heightened demands from data centers, electric vehicles, and particularly, air conditioning units.\n<\/p>\n

\n The surge in extreme weather events, particularly heatwaves in China, India, and the U.S., accounted for one-fifth of the heightened demand for natural gas and electricity observed last year. Additionally, these conditions entirely drove a 123-million tonne (1.4%) rise in coal consumption, mostly at power plants, according to the report from an international organization based in Paris.\n<\/p>\n

\n “The global heat waves, conversely, increased the demand for electricity, leading to a rise in coal consumption growth\u2014particularly in certain nations such as China and India,” stated IEA President Fatih Birol during the unveiling of the 2025 edition of the Global Energy Review.\n<\/p>\n

\n The evident trend led the IEA to discontinue at the end of last year their prediction that coal consumption was poised to reach its apex shortly, with worldwide demand expected to hit 8.7 billion tonnes in 2024.\n<\/p>\n

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    \n This indicates that even though renewable sources such as solar and wind fulfilled 38% of the extra worldwide energy needs, with nuclear power adding another 8% and reaching an all-time high in electricity production, more than half of the rise in energy consumption was satisfied by coal, oil, and natural gas. This resulted in a 0.8% growth in energy-linked CO2 emissions.\n<\/p>\n

    \n Although this represents roughly two-thirds of the growth rate observed in the prior year, the overall tendency continues to be upward. This raises doubts yet again regarding the international community\u2019s commitment to tackling climate change and achieving the net-zero emissions target, which scientists agree is essential at minimum to curb increasing temperatures.\n<\/p>\n

    \n If we look for the positive aspect, we can observe that there has been an ongoing separation between economic expansion and emission increases,” stated Laura Cozzi, who oversees the IEA\u2019s efforts on energy sustainability and authored the report. Last year, the world economy expanded by 3.2%, significantly outpacing total energy consumption, thus reverting to a long-term trend following some disruptions caused by the pandemic.\n<\/p>\n

    \n Moreover, the global trajectory seems aligned with the commitment established during the COP28 climate conference in Dubai back in 2023 to triple the pace of renewable energy expansion by the end of this decade, as stated by Cozzi. “Regarding renewables, we’re nearly there\u2014we stand at roughly a 2.7-fold growth by 2030,” he added.\n<\/p>\n

    \n However, according to the recent IEA report, this does not hold true for the commitment to double the yearly pace of energy efficiency enhancements\u2014a measure indicative of reduced demand\u2014which was also established during the worldwide climate conference that the UN celebrated as the “dawn” of the age without fossil fuels.\n<\/p>\n

    \n “If you examine the trends from last year, rather than a doubling, we’ve actually observed a halving,” Cozzi stated.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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