Seizing the moment
(WorldNews France)

2020 was meant to be a red-letter year for addressing the climate crisis, with governments expected to set ambitious emission reduction goals as part of the Paris Agreement. Covid-19 has shuttered economies, bringing visible reductions in pollution and raising hopes of emerging into a cleaner future. The abrupt cessation of economic activity in February and March has led the International Energy Agency (IEA) to forecast an eight per cent drop in global CO2 emissions from energy in 2020, compared to 2019, to 30.6bn tonnes. The IEA notes this would exceed the fall in emissions seen during the global financial crisis by six times, and is at least double all previous declines in global CO2...