To meet the Paris Agreement goals, CO2 emissions in industrial countries must decrease over the long term. Now research shows that an increase in the share of renewable energy and a decrease in energy use have contributed to emissions reductions in industrial countries, but enhanced policies are needed to decouple economic growth from emissions.
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Feng, K. Drivers of peak and decline. Nat. Clim. Chang. 9, 188–189 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0421-0
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