Global CO2 emissions update
Estimates for the decline of CO2 due to lockdown have been published in Nature. What does this reveal, and what do we do now?
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CO2 and COVID-19
It is commonly suggested that the impact of the lockdown is a humble 5% drop in CO2. This number is based upon assumptions that may be wrong.
What Impact on Climate will COVID-19 have?
With lockdown’s in place due to COVID-19, what impact is this having on our CO2 emissions, will be be a big dip and a tiny fraction?
Does Watching Netflix really have a large CO2 impact?
A 2019 report on the CO2 impact of streaming is cited by many media sources. It is seriously flawed and wrong.
CO2 emissions flatlined in 2019, but Methane is a huge problem.
Our CO2 emissions flatlined in 2019. However, it is also revealed that we have produced far more methane than was previously known about.
Trees and CO2 – what do we know?
Despite our best attempts so far, the amount of CO2 within our atmosphere continues to grow. One big recent hope was the proposal to plant lots more trees. Alas, no, it turns out that it is all a bit more complicated than just doing that. There was lots of excitement last July when a press … Read more