That sounds analogous to the withdrawal effect which addicts suffer when stopping drugs.
Quickly reducing pollution reduces the short-lived masking effect, which makes things temporarily worse when the pollution stops. It’s still worth it and the best option long term.
No, these emissions masked climate change. Reducing them didn’t accelerate it, the warming effect was already there.
It’s headlines like this that subtly mislead people
That sounds analogous to the withdrawal effect which addicts suffer when stopping drugs.
Quickly reducing pollution reduces the short-lived masking effect, which makes things temporarily worse when the pollution stops. It’s still worth it and the best option long term.