Fossil CO₂ emissions in the post-COVID-19 era

Corinne Le Quéré , Glen P. Peters , Pierre Friedlingstein (1) , Robbie M. Andrew , Josep G. Canadell , Steven J. Davis , Robert B. Jackson , Matthew W. Jones

1 LMD - Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539)

Five years after the adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement, growth in global CO₂ emissions has begun to falter. The pervasive disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic have radically altered the trajectory of global CO₂ emissions. Contradictory effects of the post-COVID-19 investments in fossil fuel-based infrastructure and the recent strengthening of climate targets must be addressed with new policy choices to sustain a decline in global emissions in the post-COVID-19 era.

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]

Corinne Le Quéré, Glen P. Peters, Pierre Friedlingstein, Robbie M. Andrew, Josep G. Canadell, et al.. Fossil CO₂ emissions in the post-COVID-19 era. Nature Climate Change, 2021, 11, pp.197-199. ⟨10.1038/s41558-021-01001-0⟩. ⟨insu-03726961⟩