Global carbon dioxide emissions from coal combustion 1960-2022
coal emissions is China's reliance on this fossil fuel. In 2022, China was responsible for over half of the world's coal emissions, making it the largest coal polluter by far.
Coal combustion produced 15.22 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide (GtCO₂) worldwide in 2022. This was an increase of 1.6 percent compared to 2021. Global emissions from coal combustion have increased massively since the 1960s and reached a high of 15 GtCO₂ in 2014. The main reason for the surge in