The unintended benefit of the strict COVID-19 regulations was the decrease in fossil fuel emissions because fewer people were driving and fewer people were using airplanes.
However, a recent report from The Global Carbon Project shows that some of those gains have been lost, and fossil fuel issues are expected to be worse in 2022 than they were prior to the pandemic.
IN 2020 EMISSIONS DROPPED GLOBALLY 5. 4% FROM 2019 LEVELS DUE TO COVID-19 MEASURES. They bounced back 5.
1% in 2021 and 1% this year are anticipated increases, driven in part by rising oil prices and rebounding international air travel.
Hinrich Schaefer, an atmospheric scientist at Numba, stated that the report “shatters The Hope That Economic Decisions Around The Covid Pandemic Would Turn Us Towards A Bright Climate Future.”
“To Avoid The Worst of the Climate Crisis, We Need Continued Reduces of Evenions As Large As Those From The Pandemic Disruption Event Single Year.
“Emissions decreased in China and the EU, but they increased elsewhere. That is attributed by experts to both the ongoing lockdown measures and the conflict in Ukraine.
Over the past few decades, emissions from land-use changes, such as deforestation, have slightly decreased.
The report also reveals that New Zealand hasn’t experienced a particularly quick rebound, though with the caveat that the data wasn’t available until March 2022, just before the country’s resumed receiving international travelers.
“On a per capita basis for co2 emissions, new zealand is loower than many countries, Mainly Due to Having 80% Renewable Electricity and Also Our Present Forest Sinks Contribution to Having Lower Net emissions,” Emeritus Profe University Ralph Sims Said.
But this isn’t a justification for Kiwis to be scholars.
WORLDWIDE FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS EXCEED PRE-COVID LEVELS
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