Global Emissions Plunged <br />17 Percent During Coronavirus <br />Lockdowns, Study Finds The decline is attributed to COVID-19 <br />stay-at-home orders around the globe. The study was published in <br />'Nature Climate Change.' It found a dramatic reduction <br />in daily global emissions that equaled <br />one billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions. The 17 percent <br />decline occurred between <br />January and early April. While dramatic, <br />the drop was equal to the <br />output of carbon emissions in 2006. According to the study, total 2020 <br />global emissions could see a drop of <br />between four and eight percent <br />by the end of the year. If that were to happen, it would mark <br />the largest annual decrease in carbon <br />emissions since World War II. According to U.N. studies, <br />the nations of the world must reduce <br />carbon emission by 7.6 percent every year <br />in order to avoid climate change catastrophe.
