The world experiences a union for a cause that afflicts everyone. What difference does this cause have to the cause of climate change and why are they not all engaged as for COVID? Can environmental education change this reality?
Climate change gets worse with travelling, as people burn fossil fuels to go around. The virus is also transmitted by travellers. If people did not travel, the virus will stay at home and be contained easily.
We have overdone it with (sometimes useless) traveling that results in climate change and also brings the disease.
Better stay home and be happy. You can see the world on youtube!
Yes! It can raise awareness of occupational and environmental health and safety.
Difference is simple - coronavirus is a real danger, and climate change is regarded by different experts differently: from a real problem to a scam based on false forecasts.
Yes, it may connect with climate change effects and can raise awareness of climate and environmental emergencies
We can have assumptions and ideas. B'cos the spread of the deadly Covid19 is observed from sub-humid to tropical regions. A lot need to be studied and understood to correlate Climate change with SARS Cov to nCovid19. Until then we are just spectators with cautions
Yes, there is a connection and I understand that we can come out stronger of COVID-19, to face the already existing problem of climate change.
- There is already some evidence that can relate the appearance of the virus to the impacts of habitat destruction:
https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/coronavirus-outbreak-highlights-need-address-threats-ecosystems-and-wildlife
https://www.publico.es/sociedad/coronavirus-destruccion-ecosistemas-primer-paso-pandemia.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=web
- Facts around the world show that air and water pollution had a severe reduction in this period of the COVID-19 advance:
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/16/asia/china-pollution-coronavirus-hnk-intl/index.html
Perhaps the human impact was the trigger for this process of apparent climatic self-regulation moment that the planet is going through?
Hopefully so, create a special back-up fund for these cases:
Rain, avalanches, river overflows,
hurricanes, forest fires, pandemic.
To learn from the circumstance to improve action
protocols and thus decrease social and economics costs.
Maybe...
I hope the below link will answer the question...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/18/tip-of-the-iceberg-is-our-destruction-of-nature-responsible-for-covid-19-aoe?CMP=share_btn_fb&fbclid=IwAR3ykRuOvNIkFradRI8BR-O3LVyRaF5Y_YYtNcPuhj7JBIsQwUiXbUjWJuE
Climate change science and education has failed to provoke sufficient reaction to reverse the underlying cause in more than 20 years of advocacy. Initially COVID-19 solicited a similar response: it was "business as usual" despite widespread warnings of a serious threat that demanded a change in behaviour. Only when governments recognised the macro-threat of COVID-19 were decisive top-down actions taken, and immediately the people complied (at least where I live). Whether these measures will help remain to be seen, but the COVID-19 situation demonstrates the importance of acting early and the cornerstone role of political leadership. Unfortunately it also highlighting the lack of political leadership in the climate crisis which will still be with us when the COVID-19 crisis has run its course.
Stay safe.
The effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/03/25/science.abb4218
The only thing I am seeing is the CO2 emission reduction as a result of the world lock-down process. We can understand squarely how the global emissions from all human endeavors which are all on halt at the moment. In so doing, the climate change perception will be made succinct. This could only be achieved through a co-ordinated monitoring program.
Yes, recent studies shows that endangered sea turtles hatched on deserted beaches in Brazil, India amid COVID-19 lock-down. In Venice canals, residents also noticed a clear view of the sandy bed with shoals of tiny fish, scuttling crabs and multi-colored plant-life.
There is likely to be a massive decline in global carbon emissions this year, but that will only be temporary unless it is accompanied by an equally massive change in public perception of the vulnerability of modern societies. The crucial COP26 climate meeting in Glasgow, scheduled for November, has been postponed, so we have a - brief - opportunity to persuade our governments to make more ambitious commitments than they were planning to. It could go either way.
Yes, mostly positive effects. However, the society paid much more attention to the prevention from death(plenty of death), and in this scenario, the environmental issues can be somehow ignored, or probably, if these issues matters more than lives. Just like most of the doom movies, human won't unite until it's somehow not too late.
Answer is YES.....And I am impress with the meaningful contribution of all the RG members.
YES. COVID-19 pandemic opens all human being's eyes on the importance of protecting nature. Due to low emission of carbondioxide sky is more clear. Though COVID-19 negatively impact on human health, it positively impact on nature. This is the best time to think how to correct climate change.
Definitely. Previously, the effects of climate change were ignored by many who were not affected directly. With this virus EVERYONE is affected, therefore, every body is afraid to go back polluting nature like before.
Recent observations suggest significant reduction in ambient pollution at number of places. However this could be temporary, herein scientists should consider it as a case study to define future climate goals.
Yes, environment has been benefited though temporarily. It is assumed that people will start appreciating value of ecosystem services and biodiversity which in long run can be a motivating factor in the long run.
I appreciate comments and replies from experts to the question.
I am currently looking into similar research over West Africa, Since report of the index case in March, 2020. Climatic data (of temperature, rainfall and humidity) have been taken on daily basis to correlate the extreme weather conditions to the COVID-19 Pandemic environmental and health effects..
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