Coal Use To Rise 75%, Emissions 60%, By 2030.
Posted by ChinaCoalWatcher at 7 November 2007, 8:20 AM and is filed under Coal,India,Emissions,China,Energy,iea 
Hooray! Today marks the long-anticipated release of the IEA's World Energy Outlook 2007 - China and India Insights. Unfortunately, the paper copy with a 1-user PDF costs $270, which is just above the ChinaCoalWatcher's disposable budget for IEA publications. I've requested that my local library purchase a copy - though who knows if they will elect to do so. If I were in China or India, I could get it for only $54, but alas such is not the case, so in the meantime, I must rely on the mainstream media and the executive summary or my information.From the BBC:
The global demand for energy is set to grow inexorably through to 2030 if governments do not change their policies, warns a top energy official.
Nobuo Tanaka, executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), said such a rise would threaten energy security and accelerate climate change.
He said energy needs in 2030 could be more than 50% above current levels, with fossil fuels still dominant.
... Rapid economic growth in China and India would be the main drivers behind the rise, he said as he unveiled the agency's annual flagship publication.
... "Rapid economic development will undoubtedly continue to drive up energy demand in China and India, and will contribute to a real improvement in the quality of life for more than two billion people."This is a legitimate aspiration that needs to be accommodated and supported by the rest of the world."
... As a result, energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions could rise by 57% - from 27 giga-tonnes in 2005 to 42 giga-tonnes in 2030, it said.... But it added: "Exceptionally quick and vigourous policy action by all countries, and unprecedented technological advances, entailing substantial costs, would be needed to make this case a reality."
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