The virus and CO2

A lot of people are wondering how the shutdowns and other things are affecting the Climate Crisis. Here’s an attempt to estimate how much less CO[sub]2[/sub] China emitted during their shutdown.

Analysis: Coronavirus temporarily reduced China’s CO2 emissions by a quarter

Note that China has a different pattern of emissions than western countries. More from industry and less from autos. So expect a somewhat different result when they get around to measuring how Europe and N America changed emissions.