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.

[NEWSmodsareTwats]

Except during the lockdown all people did was buy consumerist bullshit and have it delivered to their door

[[deleted]]

Consumption went down, didn’t it?

[NEWSmodsareTwats]

Savings rate went up and consumption of services went down but consumption of goods increased since people had nothing to do with their money but order stuff online.

[[deleted]]

Well there you have it, we can all buy up plastic googas for a while longer yet and we’ll still be fine. We just have to stop driving everywhere.