Global emissions of climate-warming carbon dioxide did not rise last year for the first time in 40 years without the presence of a serious economic crisis.
In a sign that efforts to tackle climate change may have been far more effective than thought, the International Energy Agency has found annual global emissions of carbon dioxide, the leading greenhouse gas, did not rise in 2014.
“This is a real surprise. We have never seen this before,” said IEA chief economist, Fatih Birol, recently named as its next executive director. Big energy consumption shifts in China, the world’s largest carbon polluter, were among the main reasons emissions stalled last year, according to the body, which monitors global energy trends.
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