The Iran war will cause global fossil fuel emissions to fall

Published on November 13, 2026

See more from Canary Media’s ​“Chart of the Week” column . Global fossil fuel emissions are expected to dip this year for the first time since 2020.  This time it was not plague but war driving the decline. The Iran war has caused brutal increases in oil and natural gas prices, leading many countries to cut their…

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