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Lockdown saw historic drops in global emissions in every sector, except one: Sports utility vehicles, or SUVs.

They are among the best-selling cars in markets around the world, from India to China, South Africa and Germany.

But these vehicles pollute much more than a normal sized car, and require more fuel to move, and more energy to make.

Seen as a status symbol and wrongly thought of as safer than other cars, what can we do to wean ourselves off this polluting vehicle?

Photo: Blurred image of SUV. Credit: Getty Images