Global carbon dioxide emissions drop 17 per cent during virus lockdown

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Restrictions in place because of coronavirus resulted in global emissions declining by 17 per cent in April, a new study reveals. 9News

Data was used from 69 countries – including Australia – that make up 97 per cent of global emissions and have 85 per cent of the world population."Decreases in emissions in 2020 were largest in China where industry and communities first locked down, followed by the US, Europe, and then India," CSIRO researcher and report co-author Pep Canadell said.It recorded a 36 per cent decrease in emissions, equivalent to 7.5 megatonnes of carbon dioxide.

There was also a 60 per cent decline in emissions from the global aviation industry in April compared to the year before, amounting to about 1.7 Mt of CO2. If restrictions are lifted by the middle of June, the overall decrease in emissions for the year is expected to be about 4.2 per cent, compared to 7.5 per cent if countries remain at some level of lockdown until the end of the year.

 

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Yay, let's keep Coronavirus around for a while longer 🤨

No Impact on Atmospheric CO2 levels

And what does that prove? In order to get emissions down a nation has to go broke and people to get depression by removal of their freedoms

Not interested in global emissions any more, concentrate on the virus

And the RWNJ said Humans weren’t causing climate change.... well now what 🐎💩 will they come up with?

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