Global Emissions Hit Another Record High Despite Clean Energy Boom

The Energy Institute has released the 2026 Statistical Review of World Energy, published in partnership with Ember and in collaboration with KPMG and Kearney. The Statistical Review, previously published for more than 70 years by BP, remains one of the most important annual references for global energy data. The full report and data can be found at this link. As I do each year, I dig into the report’s major categories, including oil, natural gas, coal, renewables, electricity, and carbon emissio