Fossil CO ₂ emissions after the COVID-19 era

In the research published in Nature Climate Change, the evolution of CO ₂ emissions made by 214 countries in the last ten years is analyzed. A total of 64 countries (high and middle income) are reducing their carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels since the Paris agreement in 2015. In contrast, in another 150 countries, emissions have increased in this period. Although they decreased by around 7% in 2020 compared to 2019 levels, due to COVID-19 restrictions, a global effort 10 times greater than what has been done should be made to meet climate mitigation commitments. the last years.