Coronavirus outbreak slashes China carbon emissions: study

The coronavirus outbreak has hit the Chinese economy hard, but also lowered the country's carbon emissions as a result, researchers say

The coronavirus epidemic that has paralysed the Chinese economy may have a silver lining for the environment.

China's carbon emissions have dropped by least 100 million metric tonnes over the past two weeks, according to a study published on Wednesday by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) in Finland.