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The effect of COVID on energy use and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions

2020-10-14

In April 2020, at the height of the first wave of Corona infections, when most major countries shut down their public life and parts of their economy, emissions declined by 16.9%. The magnitude of this decrease was larger than during the financial crisis of 2008, the oil crisis of 1979, or even World War II.

In April 2020, at the height of the first wave of Corona infections, when most major countries shut down their public life and parts of their economy, emissions declined by 16.9%. The magnitude of this decrease was larger than during the financial crisis of 2008, the oil crisis of 1979, or even World War II.

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