Carbon emissions from fossil fuels could fall by 2.5bn tonnes in 2020

Global carbon emissions from the fossil fuel industry could fall by a record 2.5bn tonnes this year, a reduction of 5%, as the coronavirus pandemic triggers the biggest drop in demand for fossil fuels on record.

Analysts expect a slump in heavy industry to drive
 demand for gas and coal down by about 2.3% each.

The unprecedented restrictions on travel, work and industry due to the coronavirus is expected to cut billions of barrels of oil, trillions of cubic metres of gas and millions of tonnes of coal from the global energy system in 2020 alone, according to data commissioned by the Guardian.

Read the story from The Guardian by Jillian Ambrose - “Carbon emissions from fossil fuels could fall by 2.5bn tonnes in 2020.”