IEA: Energy Emissions Are Rebounding Above Pre-Crisis Levels

Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions have rebounded strongly after an unprecedented decline during the pandemic when energy demand collapsed, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a new report on Tuesday.   Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting crash in energy demand, especially in the second quarter, resulted in the largest annual drop in global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions since World War II, the IEA said, but noted that the overall CO2 emissions decline of 6 percent masked large variations,…