The coal power plant of German energy giant RWE in Weisweiler. As long as there is not structural change in the energy industry, the temporary reduction in carbon emission will not solve the climate crisis. – AFP pic, May 20, 2020.
GLOBAL CO2 emissions from fossil fuels are set to drop by up to 7% in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, but even this dramatic decline – the sharpest since WWII – would barely dent long-term global warming, researchers reported today. In early April, coronavirus lockdowns led to a 17% reduction worldwide in carbon pollution compared to the same period last year, according to the first peer-reviewed assessment of the pandemic’s impact on CO2 emissions, published in Nature Climate Change.
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