The climate fight after coronavirus

摘要

THE lockdowns imposed in many countries in response to the coronavirus have caused a dramatic reduction in our carbon emissions. But there is already evidence that this won't last. So how can governments build on this moment, as they plan for economic recovery, to make progress towards net-zero targets? Corinne Le Quere has a few ideas. A French-Canadian climate scientist at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK, she is an expert on the policies required to meet those targets and an advisor to the UK and French governments, both of whom have committed to reach net zero by 2050. Le Quere is also a leading authority on the carbon cycle, with a particular interest in what will become of natural carbon sinks, such as forests and oceans, in a warming world. Earlier this year, she was awarded the Dr. A. H. Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences, the Netherlands's most prestigious international science award.