COVID-19 pandemic caused global CO2 emissions to plummet five percent to 34.81 billion metric tons. It is projected that emissions rebounded in 2021 as lockdowns eased.
Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels and industry have increased considerably since 2000, and in 2019 reached a record high of 36.7 billion metric tons of CO2. In 2020, the Annual CO2 emissions worldwide from 1940 to 2020 (in billion metric tons)
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Global Carbon Project. (November 4, 2021). Annual CO2 emissions worldwide from 1940 to 2020 (in billion metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 06, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/276629/global-co2-emissions/
Global Carbon Project. "Annual CO2 emissions worldwide from 1940 to 2020 (in billion metric tons)." Chart. November 4, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 06, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/276629/global-co2-emissions/
Global Carbon Project. (2021). Annual CO2 emissions worldwide from 1940 to 2020 (in billion metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 06, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/276629/global-co2-emissions/
Global Carbon Project. "Annual Co2 Emissions Worldwide from 1940 to 2020 (in Billion Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/276629/global-co2-emissions/
Global Carbon Project, Annual CO2 emissions worldwide from 1940 to 2020 (in billion metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/276629/global-co2-emissions/ (last visited July 06, 2022)