Fossil CO2 emissions in the post-COVID-19 era
Le Quéré, C; Peters, GP; Friedlingstein, P; et al.Andrew, RM; Canadell, JG; Davis, SJ; Jackson, RB; Jones, MW
Date: 3 March 2021
Journal
Nature Climate Change
Publisher
Nature Research
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Abstract
Five years after the adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement, growth in global CO2 emissions has begun to falter. The pervasive disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic have radically altered the trajectory of global CO2 emissions. Contradictory effects of the post-COVID-19 investments in fossil fuel-based infrastructure and the recent ...
Five years after the adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement, growth in global CO2 emissions has begun to falter. The pervasive disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic have radically altered the trajectory of global CO2 emissions. Contradictory effects of the post-COVID-19 investments in fossil fuel-based infrastructure and the recent strengthening of climate targets must be addressed with new policy choices to sustain a decline in global emissions in the post-COVID-19 era.
Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy
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