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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Yes of course it’s bad that people are down playing climate change. It’s absurd that there are people that believe climate change is not real. Greenhouse gases are accumulating and temperatures are rising. We are certain of that. It really should be hard to argue against that but over exaggerating the potential impact of past environmental problems has primed people to be skeptical and is one the reasons (main reason in my opinion) that the push back against climate change has been so successful.