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Fossil CO2 emissions in the post-COVID-19 era

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  • Corinne Le Quéré

    (University of East Anglia
    University of East Anglia)

  • Glen P. Peters

    (CICERO Center for International Climate Research)

  • Pierre Friedlingstein

    (University of Exeter
    LMD/IPSL, École Normale Supérieure/PSL Université, CNRS, École Polytechnique, Sorbonne Université)

  • Robbie M. Andrew

    (CICERO Center for International Climate Research)

  • Josep G. Canadell

    (CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere)

  • Steven J. Davis

    (University of California, Irvine)

  • Robert B. Jackson

    (Stanford University
    Stanford University
    Stanford University)

  • Matthew W. Jones

    (University of East Anglia
    University of East Anglia)

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 strengthening of climate targets must be addressed with new policy choices to sustain a decline in global emissions in the post-COVID-19 era.

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  • Corinne Le Quéré & Glen P. Peters & Pierre Friedlingstein & Robbie M. Andrew & Josep G. Canadell & Steven J. Davis & Robert B. Jackson & Matthew W. Jones, 2021. "Fossil CO2 emissions in the post-COVID-19 era," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 11(3), pages 197-199, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:11:y:2021:i:3:d:10.1038_s41558-021-01001-0
    DOI: 10.1038/s41558-021-01001-0
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