G20 per capita coal emissions continue to rise despite climate pledges and transition efforts by some members of the group of major economies, new research showed Tuesday.
The group, whose leaders meet in New Delhi this weekend, accounts for 80 percent of global power sector emissions.should peak by 2025 or to massively ramp up renewable energy use.
Twelve G20 members, including Britain, Germany and the United States, were able to significantly decrease per capita emissions.Indonesia, which last year received pledges of $20 billion from rich nations to wean itself off coal, saw its per capita emissions from the fuel jump 56 percent from 2015. "China and India are often blamed as the world's big coal power polluters," said Dave Jones, Ember's global insights lead.
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