How did global carbon dioxide emissions decline only by 6.4% in 2020 despite major global lockdowns and travel restrictions? What would have to happen for them to drop by say 50%?

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Source for the 6.4% number: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00090-3

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Because that’s about how much the public directly contributes to the total. The overwhelming majority is produced by large scale, industrial contributors. Those sources do not stop, just because some folks have to stay inside.