Carbon emissions are tipped to fall more than during any previous economic crisis or war, but will it be enough to achieve the Paris Agreement's goal on global warming?
, or 250 million tonnes, over four weeks at the height of its coronavirus lockdown.
But he said even greater and sustained emissions reductions were required to avoid the worst effects of global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says the current trajectory of emissions will cause more than 3 degrees of global warming, and a 7.6 degree reduction year-on-year is required to meet the Paris target of 1.5 degrees.ANU Climate Change Institute director Mark Howden said emissions contracted only 3 per cent during the global financial crisis and bounced back "within a couple of years".
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