The Energy Information Administration predicted in a new report that carbon emissions will increase through 2050 amid growth in global energy consumption, falling short of the net-zero emissions goals set by the Paris Climate Accords.
“Across the cases we modeled, energy demand from China, India, Southeast Asia, and Africa will continue to support growth in global natural gas production,” Joe DeCarolis, the EIA's administrator, said in the report. However, the modeling for the EIA’s predictions are under the assumption that no new laws or regulations take place, and the agency acknowledged that the report should not be held as a strict forecast, as new policies and geopolitical events could alter the trajectory of the global energy system.
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