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The EIA provides long-term (2018–2050) world energy and emissions projections in its International Energy Outlook (IEO). The most recent IEO that contains CO₂ emissions data is the IEO2020, released in . The IEO provides several different scenarios to forecast future energy needs and associated carbon emissions. (more…)