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The UKs CO2 emissions fell to their lowest level in almost a century during lockdown, scientists have revealed.

As the nation ground to a halt in late March so did 31% of our total emissions, with transport notably cars and planes brought to a near-standstill. The UK had not seen such a low rate of emissions for almost a hundred years, in the mid-1920s.

Research, carried out as coronavirus outbreaks took hold around the world, found that on April 7, the level of emissions had fallen by 17% globally the lowest the world had seen since 2006.

During peak confinement in individual countries daily CO2 emissions fell by 26% on average. The UKs average fell even further than this number due to an overrepresentation in surface transportation mostly made up of private cars and other road vehicles a huge proportion of which was taken off the road as businesses shut up shop on March 23.