CelloMom On Cars<p>Growth in global energy demand surged in 2024 to almost twice its recent average</p><p>"The [<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IEA</span></a>] report finds that global <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnergyDemand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyDemand</span></a> rose by 2.2% last year – lower than GDP growth of 3.2% but considerably faster than the average annual demand increase of 1.3% between 2013 and 2023. Emerging and developing economies accounted for over 80% of the increase in global <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> demand in 2024."</p><p><a href="https://www.iea.org/news/growth-in-global-energy-demand-surged-in-2024-to-almost-twice-its-recent-average" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">iea.org/news/growth-in-global-</span><span class="invisible">energy-demand-surged-in-2024-to-almost-twice-its-recent-average</span></a></p>