
CO2 emissions on the rise despite pandemic
The rate of increase in greenhouse gas emissions was temporary halted during the 2020 pandemic, but a year later, with the resumption of business activity, CO2 emissions are back on the rise. In 2021, the rate is now fast approaching 2019 levels, Rae Kwon Chung, Nobel Prize laureate and chairman of the Global Energy Prize Award Committee, told an international forum.