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Breaking: Global carbon emissions fell by 6.7% in 2020, erasing nearly a decade of rising emissions amid pandemic lockdowns.
This means that if the world's Covid recovery prioritizes climate policies, global emissions will have permanently peaked in 2019.
https://www.globalcarbonproject.org/carbonbudget/index.htm
This means that if the world's Covid recovery prioritizes climate policies, global emissions will have permanently peaked in 2019.
https://www.globalcarbonproject.org/carbonbudget/index.htm
The Covid pandemic turned back the clock on emissions worldwide.
2020-level emissions were last seen in:
2018 in China
2015 in India
1988 in the US
1964 in Europe
Emissions in 2020 dropped the least in China and the most in the US, on an annual percentage basis.
2020-level emissions were last seen in:
2018 in China
2015 in India
1988 in the US
1964 in Europe
Emissions in 2020 dropped the least in China and the most in the US, on an annual percentage basis.
NOW IS A SUPER IMPORTANT TIME.
If we return to business as usual post-Covid, it will be a disaster.
Climate change and a Just Recovery needs to be at the heart of every country's plans in 2021. https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/12/1079602
If we return to business as usual post-Covid, it will be a disaster.
Climate change and a Just Recovery needs to be at the heart of every country's plans in 2021. https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/12/1079602
This year was supposed to be the year the world doubled-down on its Paris climate commitments. The pandemic is teaching us we can do much more than we thought.
My full post on today’s news: https://thephoenix.substack.com/p/five-years-after-paris
My full post on today’s news: https://thephoenix.substack.com/p/five-years-after-paris
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