Global CO2 emissions resumed their upward curve and reached record levels in 2017 despite “impressive strides” by renewables, which delivered the highest growth rate of any energy source, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Renewables met about one quarter of the total 2.1% global energy demand growth recorded last year. The clean-energy charge was led by the renewable power sector, where generation increase by 6.3%,
