U.N. Environment Programme: COVID-19 Caused Only a Temporary Reduction in Carbon Emissions - U.N. Report
September 16, 2021
September 16, 2021
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept. 16 -- The United Nations Environment Programme issued the following news release:
COVID-19 did not slow the relentless advance of climate change. There is no sign that we are growing back greener, as carbon dioxide emissions are rapidly recovering after a temporary blip due to the economic slowdown and are nowhere close to reduction targets. Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere continue at record levels, committing the planet to dangerous future warm . . .
COVID-19 did not slow the relentless advance of climate change. There is no sign that we are growing back greener, as carbon dioxide emissions are rapidly recovering after a temporary blip due to the economic slowdown and are nowhere close to reduction targets. Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere continue at record levels, committing the planet to dangerous future warm . . .