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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- DOI: 10.1038/s41558-021-01001-0
- Year: 2021
- Journal: Nature Climate Change
- Language: English
- Volume: 11
- Issue: 3
- Page: 197 - 199
- Issn: 1758-678X
- Publisher: Nature Portfolio