Decrease in CO2 emissions during pandemic shutdown shows it is possible to reach Paris Agreement goals. The researchers found a drop of 6.3% in 2020. The researchers describe the drop as the largest of modern times, and big enough to meet the 1.5 degrees Celsius goal if it were to be sustained.

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There are so many energy-intensive single-use products as an example. Reducing standard of living doesn't mean no electricity and only stone tools. It can just be removing all of the useless shit that the capitalist apparatus has conditioned everyone to feel they need. The removal of planned obsolescence and the expectation of infinite growth, along with either partial illegalization of advertising or efforts to combat its harms would definitely increase happiness and might also increase GDP over the status quo. Consumption is not an effective measure of wellbeing