Half the Worlds Countries Are Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuel Energy Emissions: Report [Video]

A solar farm, the RWE Weisweiler coal-fired power plant, and wind turbines in North Rhine-Westphalia, Eschweiler, Germany on March 21, 2024. Oliver Berg / picture alliance via Getty Images

According to a new analysis from think tank Ember, evidence is growing that the planet is nearing a global peak in fossil fuel emissions from the power sector.

Half the economies in the world are making the transition away from fossil fuel use, and are five or more years past a peak in fossil power generation.

“With half the world now in a period of declining fossil fuels in the power sector – and China close to joining them – the world will soon enter a new era of falling fossil generation,” said Dave Jones, author of the analysis and director of …