Fossil fuel operations includes greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas production, refining, and coal mining.
Greenhouse gas emissions are based on their 100-year global warming potential (GWP). The source did not provide a release date. The date given is the date of website access.
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Global cumulative GHG emissions 2015-2024, by sector
The world produced an estimated *** billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCOâ‚‚e) between 2015 and 2024. The biggest contributor to this total was the global power sector, which released almost *** GtCOâ‚‚e into the atmosphere during this period. Manufacturing followed, with cumulative emissions amounting to just over 100 GtCOâ‚‚e. Together, these two sectors were responsible for almost half the cumulative emissions produced between 2015 and 2024.
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