The overarching challenge of COVID-19 is expected to impair the growth rates in almost all economies over the medium-term. The average OECD growth rate will stand at 0.7% p.a. in the period from 2019 to 2025, compared to the pre-COVID-19 projected growth level of 2.1%p.a.

For non-OECD countries, GDP is expected to grow by 3.4% p.a. on average during the same period, which is more than 1 percentage point lower compared to past projections.

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Global energy-related carbon emissions rose to a record high last year as energy demand and coal use increased, mainly in Asia, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday.

Energy-related CO2 emissions rose by 1.7 percent to 33.1 billion tonnes from the previous year, the highest rate of growth since 2013, with the power sector accounting for almost two-thirds of this growth, according to IEA estimates.

The United States’ CO2 emissions grew by 3.1 percent in 2018, reversing a decline a year earlier, while China’s emissions rose by 2.5 percent and India’s by 4.5 percent.

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