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The two-point-three gigaton COVID drop left the atmosphere unchanged
When the global economy stopped and emissions fell, atmospheric carbon still rose - so what actually happened to the climate signal?
The two-point-three gigaton COVID drop left the atmosphere unchanged
In this episode, we lay out the data behind the 2020 emissions plunge and the larger history it fits into. We describe how single-year changes stack against centuries of accumulated carbon and ask why a record drop made no visible dent in atmospheric concentrations.
Person: International Energy Agency
Date: March 2024
Event: 2020 global emissions drop of 2.3 gigatonnes CO2
Location: global…
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