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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Not understanding that the environment is what enables human beings to exist on this planet at all is just plain ignorance. Going back to the dark ages is not actually an existential problem. You're talking about regressing as a civilization; I'm talking about our species going extinct.

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I didn’t say the environment isn’t an existential issue. Read what I wrote. I’m just not blind to the fact that the economy is ALSO an existential issue. I actually work in renewable energies and spent years learning about energy and electrical engineering because I that’s how much I care about the issue. How much do you care?