The impact of the UK’s COVID-19 lockdowns on energy demand and emissions

Around the world, efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic have profoundly changed human activity, which may have improved air quality and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. We investigated the impact of the pandemic on energy demand and subsequent emissions from electricity and gas throughout 2020 i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Daniel Mehlig, Helen ApSimon, Iain Staffell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2021-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abf876