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COVID-19: A Learning Opportunity to Improve Environmental Sustainability

In: Carbon Capture

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  • Syed Abdul Rehman Khan
  • Laeeq Razzak Janjua
  • Zhang Yu

Abstract

In just a few months, COVID-19 transformed from a dangerous regional health threat into a widespread global pandemic and economic disaster. Thus the world is expecting a great recession once again. The rapid spread of COVID-19 has had far-reaching consequences for people's daily lives in almost all parts of the world. Climate change and biodiversity depletion have now reached global boundaries; thus, human activity has surpassed Earth's capacities. Earth capacities can be explained in terms of extreme climate change. This chapter is intended to investigate the link between the outbreak of Covid-19 and its effect on environmental and society. The discussion reveals that environmental pollution is minimized as a result of global lockdown. Furthermore, our review also shows that in terms of environment, Covid-19 provide an opportunity to transform our polluted economy toward the green economy through adoption of renewable energy sources and green practices in our businesses.

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  • Syed Abdul Rehman Khan & Laeeq Razzak Janjua & Zhang Yu, 2021. "COVID-19: A Learning Opportunity to Improve Environmental Sustainability," Chapters, in: Syed Abdul Rehman Khan & Zhang Yu (ed.), Carbon Capture, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:219929
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.93893
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    1. Eglantina Hysa & Erinda Imeraj & Nerajda Feruni & Mirela Panait & Valentina Vasile, 2022. "COVID-19—A Black Swan for Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from European Countries," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-21, March.

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    Keywords

    COVID-19; air pollution; climate change; carbon carpets;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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