Electricity generation CO2 emissions

At about 13 800 million tonnes of CO2 in 2024, emissions from electricity generation remain the highest of any sector.

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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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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.

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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.

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@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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