Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels are set to drop by up to seven percent in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, but even this dramatic decline — the sharpest since WWII — would barely dent long term global warming, researchers reported Tuesday.
Agence France-Presse: Global CO2 emissions to drop 4-7% in 2020, but will it matter?
Smokestacks tower above a coking plant built in 2013 at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, constructed as a part of the company's strategy to modernize the steel mill. Photo taken on June 7, 2018.
