Global CO₂ intensity contracted by 0.7% in 2022, with a 5.7% drop in Europe.

After a stagnation in 2021 (+0.1%), the global CO₂ intensity dipped by 0.7% in 2022, much below its 2010-2019 average (-2.3%/year). The largest declines were posted in Europe (-5.7%, including -5.3% in the EU, thanks to a 2% drop in CO₂ emissions) and in the Pacific (-4.4%, including -4.7% in Australia). CO₂ intensity also declined in North America (-0.7%), in Latin America (-0.9%, with an 8.8% drop in Brazil thanks to surging hydroelectricity generation), in Africa (-1.8%) and in the Middle East (-0.4%). CO₂ intensity slightly increased in Asia (+0.6%), as improvements in China, Japan and South Korea were offset by higher intensities in India and Indonesia, and in the CIS (+0.8%, including +2.4% in Russia).