Electricity generation CO2 emissions
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Global · 2024
Electricity generation CO2 emissions worldwide were 13,800 million tonnes in 2024 (IEA).
Electricity generation CO2 emissions: every country and year, and how it is measured
What the source says
At about 13 800 million tonnes of CO2 in 2024, emissions from electricity generation remain the highest of any sector.
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APA
International Energy Agency. (2024). Emissions. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-2025/emissions. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPVD
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- MLA
- International Energy Agency. "Emissions." 2024, https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-2025/emissions. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPVD.
- Chicago
- International Energy Agency. "Emissions." 2024. https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-2025/emissions. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPVD.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iea2024electricitymbjpvd, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Emissions}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPVD}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-2025/emissions. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Emissions
- Type
- Report
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Clean energy mitigates CO2 power emissions in 2025-2027
- Retrieved
- 15 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- CC by 4.0
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 15 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPVD