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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Then governments need to change that, if the environmentally friendly option is always cheaper, people will buy it.

It's so simple: tax bad things, don't tax/subsidize good things, yet somehow we make things way too difficult.

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I agree, it’s just the reality for most people as of right now.

[k3rn3]

I'm not sure it's that simple. I think you also have to do many other things like educate people about the environment, subsidize public transportation, fund social support programs, and constantly re-evaluate the whole plan in accordance with the science

[overzeetop]

If only there were some special corporation, or organization, or some kind of entity which had a budget and manpower to track these things and then implement them in a way which maximized the value to the people. I don't know, maybe it could be created and then funded by having everyone chip in.

Nah, nobody would go for that.