The influence of global crises on reshaping pro-environmental behavior, case study: the COVID-19 pandemic

Decoupling of CO2, CH4, and N2O agriculture emissions in the EU

“…Agriculture has a major impact on the land, on biodiversity, on the balance of nutrients in the soil, changing rural landscapes, and exerting a major, significant pressure on the environment in particular and rural communities in general. Studies on the importance of sustainable agriculture are increasingly becoming more important in the last years of its beneficial role for a proenvironmental society and healthy living (Martin et al, 2020;Shimoda et al, 2020;Zebardast and Radaei, 2022). Our research also enriches the literature on decoupling and metafrontier analysis which involves classifying countries/companies/ individuals according to efficiency.…”

The interplay among COVID-19 economic recovery, behavioural changes, and the European Green Deal: An energy-economic modelling perspective

“…At the same time, COVID-19 and restrictive measures brought about shifts in EU citizens’ lifestyles and pro-environmental behaviours [ 35 ] and consumption patterns [ 36 ], of which some have been temporary and associated with the pause of economic and social activities, while others (e.g., work-from-home and relevant transportation implications) may stick around and have long-term impact on the EU energy system. Such shifts notably represent changes (e.g., transport demand reduction [ 37 ]) that have broadly been considered as viable options towards (European) carbon neutrality [ [38] , [39] , [40] ].…”

The effect of COVID-19 risk perception on pro-environmental behavior of Chinese consumers: Perspectives from affective event theory

“…Urbanization and industrialization have had many negative impacts on ecosystems and human health, such as global warming, air pollution, urban waste, and loss of biodiversity, primarily due to the imbalance between human social development and ecological governance ( Rosenmann et al, 2016 ; Alzubaidi et al, 2021 ). As a result of this unsustainable development mode combined with the destruction of the environment, a plague pandemic was eventually released that threatened public health as well as environmental safety around the globe ( Daryanto et al, 2022 ; Zebardast and Radaei, 2022 ). Some scholars believe that COVID-19 is the revenge of nature due to the overacquisition of nature and the consumption of wild animals by humans ( Cave and Dredge, 2020 ; Li et al, 2020 ; Liu et al, 2021 ).…”

“…Second, there has been a surge of interest in the impact of COVID-19 on pro-environmental behavior recently; however, the relationship between COVID-19 risk perception and pro-environmental behavior is not clear, and the results of some previous studies have been contradictory ( Mi et al, 2021 ; Urban and Braun Kohlova, 2022 ). The COVID-19 pandemic presents a significant threat to humanity and raises issues about the ecological ethics of humans ( Zebardast and Radaei, 2022 ). During the postpandemic era, people live in the shadow of the pandemic and continue to experience the various negative effects of the pandemic.…”