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Professor Corinne Le Quere, from UAE s School of Environmental Sciences, said: Countries efforts to cut emissions are starting to pay off, but actions are not large-scale enough yet and emissions are still increasing in way too many countries. Now we need large-scale actions that are good for human health and good for the planet as well.
The research showed that carbon emissions tumbled by up to 27 percent last year, mainly as a result of Covid lockdowns which led to people using less petrol and diesel for cars.
The 2.6 billion tonne cut in fossil fuel carbon emissions in 2020 was down seven percent on 2019 levels.