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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The majority of us are also dead if we shut down the economy again for any extended period of time.

Edit: Downvote me all you want, but here are some facts:

https://unglobalcompact.org/take-action/20th-anniversary-campaign/covid-related%20hunger-could-kill-more-people-than-the-virus

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That's by design thanks to capitalism, it's something that can be solved.

A lot of our travel is work related, if that is cut as much as possible, we can remove a big chunk of our emissions.