COVID-19's environmental impacts: Challenges and implications for the future

L Ang, E Hernández-Rodríguez, V Cyriaque… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Strict measures have curbed the spread of COVID-19, but waste generation and movement
limitations have had an unintended impact on the environment over the past 3 years (2020 …

Implications of COVID-19 on global environmental pollution and carbon emissions with strategies for sustainability in the COVID-19 era

M Yang, L Chen, G Msigwa, KHD Tang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The impacts of COVID-19 on global environmental pollution since its onset in December
2019 require special attention. The rapid spread of COVID-19 globally has led countries to …

Changing air pollution and CO2 emissions during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lesson learned and future equity concerns of post-COVID recovery

JJ Alava, GG Singh - Environmental science & policy, 2022 - Elsevier
COVID-19 is a severe acute respiratory syndrome caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-
CoV-2. The COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns and quarantines have led to significant …

[HTML][HTML] Air pollution declines during COVID-19 lockdowns mitigate the global health burden

ZS Venter, K Aunan, S Chowdhury, J Lelieveld - Environmental research, 2021 - Elsevier
The lockdown response to COVID-19 has resulted in an unprecedented reduction in global
economic activity and associated air pollutant levels, especially from a decline in land …

A brief review of socio-economic and environmental impact of Covid-19

MF Bashir, B Ma, L Shahzad - Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2020 - Springer
In recent months, Covid-19 has caused significant global social and economic distress.
Governments and health officials around the world have introduced mandatory preventive …

On the indirect environmental outcomes of COVID-19: short-term revival with futuristic long-term implications

M Irfan, M Ahmad, Z Fareed, N Iqbal… - International journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this study is to identify and highlight the positive and negative indirect
environmental impacts of COVID-19, with a particular focus on the most affected economies …

A preliminary assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on environment–A case study of China

Q Wang, M Su - Science of the total environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seriously threatening world public health
security. Currently,> 200 countries and regions have been affected by the epidemic, with the …

What is the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on global carbon emissions?

RL Ray, VP Singh, SK Singh, BS Acharya… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The coronavirus 2019 (COVID 19, or SARS-CoV-2) pandemic that started in
December 2019 has caused an unprecedented impact in most countries globally and …

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the environment, waste management, and energy sectors: a deeper look into the long-term impacts

BA Mohamed, IMR Fattah, B Yousaf… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic not only has caused a global health crisis but also has significant
environmental consequences. Although many studies are confirming the short-term …

Impact of COVID-related lockdowns on environmental and climate change scenarios

SA Bhat, O Bashir, M Bilal, A Ishaq, MUD Dar… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has emerged as a major challenge from human health
perspective. The alarming exponential increase in the transmission and fatality rates related …