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The increase in work from home (WFH) employment during and following the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated that many business and organizational activities can be performed remotely, in a more sustainable manner. The brief pause in atmospheric CO2 rise gave hope that meaningful climate change mitigation was possible.
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