The global disruption in economic activities due to the Covid-19 pandemic had resulted in an extraordinary decrease in carbon dioxide emissions last year. Carbon emissions from fossil fuels fell by 5.4% in 2020, as government-mandated pandemic restrictions shut down restaurants and factories, closed borders, and grounded planes.
The Global Carbon Project (GCP), an international research outfit, presented this data pertaining to latest trends on carbon dioxide emission during the Glasgow climate summit. The project estimates that the CO2 emissions fell from 36.7 billion tonnes to 34.8 billion tonnes in 2020 alone – an absolute reduction of 1.9 billion tonnes. The group also noted that carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels increased by 4.9%, to about 36.4 billion tonnes this year. While this has been a marginal increase, this quick rebound has caused concerns owing to government…
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