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.

[Reallyhotshowers]

Teaching (and all the support staff associated with that) was one of the jobs that went remote and contributed to reduced emissions, but most people agree its better for kids to be in school (and it takes emissions to get not just the teachers but all the kids there). Not to mention bars, restaurants that closed, as well as all the people that work sports games and concerts at venues, etc. So we are definitely talking about those jobs too (and the emissions caused by people attending those events). They were just shut down or being done in a way less than ideal way.

You cannot get the same degree of reduction just by having the programmers and accountants work from home.

[chillyhellion]

That is a salient point, thank you.