The COVID-19 pandemic continues to strongly affect global energy systems. Global power sector CO₂ emissions have shown a substantial decline, thanks to (a) the COVID-19-induced economic downturn and resulting reduction of electricity demand and (b) a decrease of carbon intensity of power generation as coal generation is decreased most strongly. These effects illustrate the opportunity for different policies to support a structural and accelerating decline of power sector emissions.

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COVID-19 引起的低功率需求和市场力量显着减少了二氧化碳排放量

COVID-19 大流行继续强烈影响全球能源系统。全球电力部门的 CO ₂排放量已显着下降，这要归功于 (a) COVID-19 引发的经济衰退和由此导致的电力需求减少，以及 (b) 随着煤炭发电量的大幅下降，发电的碳强度降低. 这些影响说明了不同政策支持电力部门排放结构性和加速下降的机会。