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How COVID-19 has shaped the energy transition The pandemic

ome of the most memorable images of 2020 came from S Venice. As the COVID-19 pandemic spread tragedy and chaos throughout the world, the famous Italian canals were pictured with crystal clear water and visible marine life. Local environmental changes happened all over the world. In Indian cities, sites of some of the world’s poorest air quality, air pollution fell by 1 70% . Similar reductions were measured in European cities like Milan and Madrid, during their longest lockdowns. Changes happened on a global scale too: in April 2020, daily 2 CO emissions were 17% less than 2 the year before.

For many, these images and statistics brought mixed feelings. On the one

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