{"id":578,"date":"2025-08-05T19:22:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T19:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ripples888.com\/?p=578"},"modified":"2025-08-05T19:22:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T19:22:04","slug":"greenhouse-gases-emissions-from-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ripples888.com\/?p=578","title":{"rendered":"Greenhouse Gases Emissions from Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Energy production is the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/psa.gov.ph\/content\/countrys-total-greenhouse-gas-emissions-reached-20433-teragrams-carbon-dioxide-equivalent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leading source<\/a>&nbsp;of greenhouse gas emissions in the Philippines. The nation\u2019s heavy reliance on coal and oil for electricity generation contributes significantly to its carbon footprint. In 2023, fossil fuels&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/energy\/country\/philippines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accounted for<\/a>&nbsp;approximately 88% of the country\u2019s energy mix. In total, the country&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/co2\/country\/philippines#what-are-the-country-s-annual-co2-emissions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">produces<\/a>&nbsp;around 150 million tonnes of CO2 annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.climateimpactstracker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/annual-co2-emissions-per-country-3-1024x815.png\" alt=\"Annual CO2 emissions in the Philippines\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/co2\/country\/philippines#what-are-the-country-s-annual-co2-emissions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Our World in Data<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-deforestation-and-land-use-changes\"><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Energy production is the&nbsp;leading source&nbsp;of greenhouse gas emissions in the Philippines. The nation\u2019s heavy reliance on coal and oil for electricity generation contributes significantly to its carbon footprint. In 2023, fossil fuels&nbsp;accounted for&nbsp;approximately 88% of the country\u2019s energy mix. In total, the country&nbsp;produces&nbsp;around 150 million tonnes of CO2 annually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eco-friendly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripples888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripples888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripples888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripples888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripples888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ripples888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":579,"href":"https:\/\/ripples888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578\/revisions\/579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripples888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripples888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripples888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}