COVID-19-induced low power demand and market forces starkly reduce CO2 emissions

Bertram, Christoph; Luderer, Gunnar; Creutzig, Felix; Bauer, Nicolas; Ueckerdt, Falko; Malik, Aman; Edenhofer, Ottmar

doi:10.1038/s41558-021-00987-x

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COVID-19-induced low power demand and market forces starkly reduce CO2 emissions

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Bertram, Christoph
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research;

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Luderer, Gunnar
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Creutzig, Felix
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Bauer, Nicolas
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Ueckerdt, Falko
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Malik, Aman
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research;

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Edenhofer, Ottmar
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Bertram, C., Luderer, G., Creutzig, F., Bauer, N., Ueckerdt, F., Malik, A., Edenhofer, O. (2021): COVID-19-induced low power demand and market forces starkly reduce CO2 emissions. - Nature Climate Change, 11, 3, 193-196.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-00987-x

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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to strongly affect global energy systems. Global power sector CO2 emissions have shown a substantial decline, thanks to (a) the COVID-19-induced economic downturn and resulting reduction of electricity demand and (b) a decrease of carbon intensity of power generation as coal generation is decreased most strongly. These effects illustrate the opportunity for different policies to support a structural and accelerating decline of power sector emissions.