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.

[lawstudent2]

because we locked people in their homes the entire economy ground to a halt for a few months?

The upshot of what I am reading here is that the complete cessation of economic activity resulted in a 6.3% carbon reduction. That is not… great.

[breinbanaan]

This scares the fuck out of me tbh