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IEA WARNING 'The world has only 6 months left to prevent a climate collapse, after that it will be too late' Carbon dioxide emissions in April fell by an average of 17 percent worldwide last year. In the meantime, they have grown Author: Damjan RaknićPublished: June 21, 2020 11:16 Coal-fired plant in Datteln, Germany Coal-fired plant in Datteln, Germany Ina FASSBENDER / AFP Facebook Twitter Messenger E-mail RELATED NEWS 8007313 CORONAVIRUS SPREAD An increase in the number of infected in Australia, the state of emergency extended for another four weeks EPIDEMIC In China, 26 new cases of coronavirus infection, in Beijing, are still the focus of the wholesale market International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol said the world has only six months to change the direction of the climate crisis and prevent a post-quarantine increase in greenhouse gas emissions that would outweigh efforts to combat the climate catastrophe, writes The Guardian . “This year is the last period we have if we don’t want to see a return to carbon,” Birol added. Governments around the world plan to spend $ 9 trillion over the next five months to save their economies from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The bureau says the money will determine the direction of the global economy over the next three years and that emissions must begin to fall sharply or disappear altogether during that period. If neither a decline nor a disappearance occurs, the set goals for combating global warming will not be achievable. "The next three years will determine the next 30, but also the ones that will come after them," Birol told The Guardian. "If we don't do something, emissions will certainly increase again. If emissions return, it will be difficult to lower them in the future. That is why we urge governments to make financial recovery packages sustainable." Carbon dioxide emissions in the world fell by an average of 17 percent in April compared to last year, but in the meantime they have risen and are now within five percent of last year. The IEA released a report Thursday setting out the dimensions for a green recovery, focusing on energy reforms, mostly in the areas of creation and consumption. The IEA suggests that wind and solar energy should come first, but also that energy efficiency projects should be worked on. "Job creation must be a priority for all countries where the coronavirus pandemic has led to rising unemployment. Our analysis has shown that focusing on green jobs - building solar panels and wind farms and renovating buildings - is better than financing a carbon-based economy." said Birol. Sam Fankhauser , executive director of the Grantham Research Institute for Climate Change at the London School of Economics, said: “Energy renovation of buildings covers all recovery points - it can be started immediately, requires a lot of staff, that it is a sector that is more difficult to rehabilitate. In addition, it has great social benefits in the form of lower bills for tenants. " He warned that governments should not try to ‘preserve existing jobs in formaldehyde’ through job preservation measures, but should allow people to retrain for jobs of the future. The IEA has thus joined experts, economists, health professionals, education workers, climate activists and politicians who call for a green recovery of the global economy. While some countries have prepared for such moves, the European Union has promised that green projects will form the backbone of its recovery, the money spent so far has mostly gone to the so-called "carbon" economy.