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Which countries and industries emit the most greenhouse gases?
Executive Summary
AI-generatedNo material short/mid-term sector impact detected for this article; emissions data lacks immediate regulatory triggers. Key risk: if COP31 produces binding agreements or immediate compliance costs.
This is a statistical/visual explainer tied to COP31 with no new policy, price, sanction or company announcement. The only commercial linkage is indirect and structural: power generation (~30%) and heavy industry (~21%, cement/metals/chemicals) are the largest emission sources, so any future COP31-driven carbon regulation would flow through input_cost and compliance_cost channels for utilities and industrial producers. No concrete mechanism, price move, capacity change or named company is present in the text; COP31 outcomes are (not specified).
Key Insights
- Global greenhouse gas emissions reached 54.1 billion tonnes in 2025, up 0.7% year-on-year and 68.5% above 1990 levels (JRC/IEA).
- CO2 was 73.8% of 2025 emissions; methane 17.6%, nitrous oxide 5.3%, F-gases 3.3%.
- Power generation is the largest source at nearly 30% of 2025 emissions; industry 21%, transport 16%, agriculture 12%, fossil extraction 11%, buildings 6.6%, waste 3.6%.
- COP31 runs November 9-20, 2026 in Antalya, Turkiye.
- Global CO2 emissions are up 76.3% since 1990 and total GHG emissions roughly doubled since 1970 (about 23bn to 54.1bn tonnes).
Topic context
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