COVID-19: Lessons for the climate change emergency

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140563

	COVID-19: Lessons for the climate change emergency
	Manzanedo, Ruben D.1,2; Manning, Peter 3
	2020-11
发表期刊	SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
ISSN	0048-9697
EISSN	1879-1026
摘要	The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak pandemic is now a global crisis. It has caused 9+ million confirmed cases and 400,000+ deaths at the time of writing and triggered unprecedented preventative measures that have confined a substantial portion of the global population and established 'social distancing' as a new global behavioral norm. The COVID-19 crisis has affected all aspects of everyday life and work, and heavily impacted the global economy. This crisis also offers unprecedented insights into how the global climate crisis may be managed, as there are many parallels between the COVID-19 crisis and what we expect from the imminent global climate emergency. Reflecting upon the challenges of today's crisis may help us better prepare for the future. Here we compile a list, by no means comprehensive, of the similarities and differences between the two crises, and the lessons we can learn from them: (i) High momentum trends, (ii) Irreversible changes, (iii) Social and spatial inequality, (iv) Weakening of international solidarity, and (v) Less costly to prevent than to cure. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
关键词	COVID-19 Climate change Climate emergency
DOI	10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140563
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences
出版者	ELSEVIER
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文献类型	期刊论文
专题	新冠肺炎循证社会科学证据集成
作者单位	1.Harvard Univ; 2.Univ Washington; 3.Senckenberg Biodivers & Climate Res Ctr SBiK F
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Manzanedo, Ruben D.,Manning, Peter. COVID-19: Lessons for the climate change emergency[J]. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT,2020.
APA	Manzanedo, Ruben D.,&Manning, Peter.(2020).COVID-19: Lessons for the climate change emergency.SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT.
MLA	Manzanedo, Ruben D.,et al."COVID-19: Lessons for the climate change emergency".SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT (2020).