Carbon emissions from energy to peak in 2025 in ‘historic turning point’, says IEA

International Energy Agency says Ukraine invasion boosted state spending on clean energy and will accelerate transition to renewables'

Global carbon emissions from energy will peak in 2025 thanks to massively increased government spending on clean fuels in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to analysis by the world's leading energy organisation.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) said that government spending on clean energy in response to the crisis would mark a historic turning point" in the transition away from fossil fuels, in its annual report on global energy.