𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚋𝚘𝚗 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔: 𝙴𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝙷𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝙱𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝙱𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚂𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚍
Recently was the Earth Day, an annual event now in its 52nd year that is focused on celebrating our planet and championing sustainable environmental practices - a part of the celebration that has taken on a significant amount of urgency in recent years.
Last Earth Day there was, somewhat ironically, something to celebrate. Data and estimates from the IEA show how global energy-related emissions in 2020 had fallen by a record amount as the pandemic ground our global economy to a halt.
Unfortunately this year the news isn't quite as optimistic — the same data shows a bounce back in net global energy-related emissions for last year that was more than equal to the drop from 2020. One of the very few silver linings from the pandemic has been erased.
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