Emissions rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic
Article
2022
12
412-414
epidemic disease ; gas emission ; pollution
Environment
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01332-6
English
"Global CO2 emissions in 2021 were only 1% less than the record levels of 2019, driven by increases in power- and industry-related emissions from China and India and a return of the carbon intensity of electricity to pre-pandemic levels. Is this resumed growth in fossil energy, or a final fleeting surge before a long decline?"
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