Coal-fired electricity generation fell in 2025 in the world’s two largest coal users, marking the first simultaneous decline since the 1970s and signalling a potential turning point for global emissions.
Ten years after the Paris Agreement was signed, new analysis shows the world has slammed the brakes on carbon emissions growth. Annual increases have slowed fivefold to just 0.32% a year, compared with 1.7% before 2015.
The British government is investing more than $845 million in public buildings to upgrade them and cut long-term energy costs, in an effort to reduce emissions from public sector buildings by 75% by 2037, compared to a 2017 baseline.
According to estimates, China could reach its peak in crude oil imports in 2027, partly due to the rising number of electric and hybrid vehicles, three years earlier than the forecast set for global oil demand peaking.