Emissions reductions were most pronounced in the United States (down 12%) and the European Union (down 11%), the Global Carbon Project said. In China, however, it said emissions would likely fall in 2020 just 1.7% as Beijing superpowered its economic recovery. "All elements are not yet in place for sustained decreases in global emissions, and emissions are slowly edging back to 2019 levels," said Corinne Le Quere, a climatologist at Britain's University of East Anglia. And 2020's emissions fall has not translated into a reduction in the levels of carbon pollution in Earth's atmosphere, Ciais added. Earth's remaining carbon budget is the estimated amount of emissions the atmosphere can take before the Paris climate goals are rendered obsolete.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 11, 2020 03:22 UTC