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Global emissions fall faster than any time on record as COVID-19 hits economies – Sydney Morning Herald
The carbon pollution drop in the first half of 2020 has been steeper than during the global financial crisis, Great Depression of the 1930s and the 1979 oil cri…
Daily emissions extrapolated from data such as electricity generation in 31 countries, vehicle traffic in more than 400 cities, and industrial output in 62 nations were down 16.9 per cent versus April 2019, the researchers said.
Among the main sectors, transport recorded the biggest slump in emissions as lockdowns restricted the movement of people, sliding 40 per cent. Within that group, aviation emissions plunged almost 44 per cent, a rate that has accelerated slightly into July.
The estimate…
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