Emissions Decline Will Set New Records This Year

Global greenhouses gases emissions are set to plunge eight percent the largest drop to ever be recorded due to the worldwide lockdown trying to fight the coronavirus. The coronavirus has caused a decline in use of fossil fuels but the drop shouldn't be seen as a positive effect on climate change. When the pandemic declines and the nations start to take steps to restart their economies there will be a soar in emissions if governments do not take efforts to shift to a cleaner energy source. Scientists cautioned that the world is facing an enormous task to get global warming under control which means the global emissisons will have to fall about eight percent every single year until 2030 if they want to keep global warming under two degrees Celsius. During this lockdown cities have seen a dramatic reduction in air pollution and smog since fewer people are driving on the road. I think that if we take steps to shifting to cleaner energy sources it can have a huge impact on climate change and can change the way we live our everyday lives.

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  1. AnonymousMay 2, 2020 at 5:57 PM

    I agree with you, we need to be taking larger steps to switch to cleaner energy sources. It is crazy how we are seeing these drastic changes with the earth because of the coronavirus. Hopefully the people with the power to make these changes for the benefit of the planet can do a lot soon before the effects of climate change get worse.

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