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

Yang, Mingyu; Lin, Chen; Msigwa, Goodluck; Tang, Kuok Ho Daniel; Yap, Pow‐Seng

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151657

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“…There was also a sharp reduction in water pollution, the surface, coastal, and groundwater quality significantly improved. However, excessive soil pollution occurred due to a huge increase in medical and household waste (Yang 2021a ). Post-pandemic, practical action plans and policies need to be implemented to control these emissions sustainably through green economic activities (Irfan et al 2021 ; Kumar et al 2022 ).…”

Section: Environmental/green Economiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Recent advances in green technology and Industrial Revolution 4.0 for a sustainable future

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This review gives concise information on green technology (GT) and Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR 4.0). Climate change has begun showing its impacts on the environment, and the change is real. The devastating COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected lives and the world from the deadly consequences at a social, economic, and environmental level. In order to balance this crisis, there is a need to transition toward green, sustainable forms of living and practices. We need green innovative technologies (GTI) and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to develop green, durable, biodegradable, and eco-friendly products for a sustainable future. GTI encompasses all innovations that contribute to developing significant products, services, or processes that lower environmental harm, impact, and worsening while augmenting natural resource utilization. Sensors are typically used in IoT environmental monitoring applications to aid ecological safety by nursing air or water quality, atmospheric or soil conditions, and even monitoring species’ movements and habitats. The industries and the governments are working together, have come up with solutions—the Green New Deal, carbon pricing, use of bio-based products as biopesticides, in biopharmaceuticals, green building materials, bio-based membrane filters for removing pollutants, bioenergy, biofuels and are essential for the green recovery of world economies. Environmental biotechnology, Green Chemical Engineering, more bio-based materials to separate pollutants, and product engineering of advanced materials and environmental economies are discussed here to pave the way toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the UN and achieve the much-needed IR 4.0 for a greener-balanced environment and a sustainable future. Graphical abstract

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Section: Environmental/green Economiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The positive impact of COVID-19 was that CO, NO 2 , PM2.5, and PM10 were reduced significantly in the atmosphere. In contrast, the SO 2 and O 3 levels were either constant or slightly increased in Lyon, Kolkata, Peru, and Spain (Yang et al 2021a ).…”

Section: Environmental/green Economiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Recent advances in green technology and Industrial Revolution 4.0 for a sustainable future

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“…Without effective measures or technologies to reduce or control CO 2 emissions, the global average atmospheric CO 2 concentration, as well as the global surface and ocean temperatures, will continue to rise. The rising global temperature caused by these greenhouse gases has already caused significant damage to the human living environment, including the extinction of some species, loss of biodiversity, droughts, floods, forest fires, ocean acidification, melting of north and south pole glaciers (NSPG), and sea-level rise (Maximillian et al 2019 ; Mora et al 2018 ; Yang et al 2022 ).…”

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Strategies to achieve a carbon neutral society: a review

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The increasing global industrialization and over-exploitation of fossil fuels has induced the release of greenhouse gases, leading to an increase in global temperature and causing environmental issues. There is therefore an urgent necessity to reach net-zero carbon emissions. Only 4.5% of countries have achieved carbon neutrality, and most countries are still planning to do so by 2050–2070. Moreover, synergies between different countries have hampered synergies between adaptation and mitigation policies, as well as their co-benefits. Here, we present a strategy to reach a carbon neutral economy by examining the outcome goals of the 26th summit of the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP 26). Methods have been designed for mapping carbon emissions, such as input–output models, spatial systems, geographic information system maps, light detection and ranging techniques, and logarithmic mean divisia. We present decarbonization technologies and initiatives, and negative emissions technologies, and we discuss carbon trading and carbon tax. We propose plans for carbon neutrality such as shifting away from fossil fuels toward renewable energy, and the development of low-carbon technologies, low-carbon agriculture, changing dietary habits and increasing the value of food and agricultural waste. Developing resilient buildings and cities, introducing decentralized energy systems, and the electrification of the transportation sector is also necessary. We also review the life cycle analysis of carbon neutral systems.

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“…Besides, the closure of industry sectors throughout the lockdown lessened the demand for fossil fuel energy, which in turn improved the atmosphere (Nundy et al, 2021 ). However, Yang et al ( 2021 ) claimed that the new coronavirus has had both beneficial and harmful indirect effects on the environment. Thus, it was suggested that soil pollution has become more serious than in the past as a result of the elimination of recycling methods in many metropolitan areas and the restriction of sustainable waste management.…”

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Modeling the impact of the COVID‐19 outbreak on environment, health sector and energy market

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Vasile

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The global outbreak of COVID‐19 disease had a significant impact on the entire globe. Such a notable public health event can be seen as a “black swan” that brings unpredictable and unusual forces into the economic context and that it could typically lead to a chain of adverse reactions and market disruptions. Hence, the purpose of this study is to examine how COVID‐19 affects the environment, health, and the oil and energy markets. To achieve this objective, we used daily data for several measures that refer to the environment, health, and oil and energy, for the first wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic (December 31, 2019–May 22, 2020). The variable integration mix led to the approach of the ARDL model, and the Granger causality test was also employed. These empirical techniques allowed us to examine the cointegration between variables and causal relationships. The econometric results of the ARDL models exhibited that the global new cases and new deaths of COVID‐19 have short and long‐term effects on the environment, the health sector, the oil, and energy measures. However, no significant causal connection was found between the pandemic and the environment, the health sector, or the oil and energy industry, according to the Granger causality test. The uniqueness of current approach consists in the investigation of pandemic impact on the health, environment, oil, and energy sector by applying the ARDL model that permits the analysis of cointegration both in the long run and in the short term. This study provides important insights for investors and policy makers.

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

Cited by 89 publications

References 92 publications

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Recent advances in green technology and Industrial Revolution 4.0 for a sustainable future

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Recent advances in green technology and Industrial Revolution 4.0 for a sustainable future

Strategies to achieve a carbon neutral society: a review

Modeling the impact of the COVID‐19 outbreak on environment, health sector and energy market

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