Coronavirus & Environment
CASE STUDY: CHINA
President Xi Jinping promised to make combating pollution
The period of a more cleaner air must be used to promote total changes in pollution reduction in a longer-term
The reduction of pollution has been very evident therefore when this virus situation ends and companies return to work to recover, the environmental conditions will worsen even more than they were
"Revenge pollution"
The policies have resulted in a significant impact with overall pollution
China is the world's biggest producer and consumer of coal
The country's major coal-fired power stations saw a 36% drop in consumption from February 3 to March 1
This changes were in comparation with the last year.
This resource = 59% of the country energy
Air pollution improved in China
China contributes 30% of the world's CO2 emissions annually
The average number of "good quality air days" increased 21.5% in February.
In Hong Kong an example of long-term impact of air pulltion is the 1500 premature death caused by it
The reduce of traffic volume and congestion
becuase people start to work online in their houses
specially in Wuhan, the epicenter of this virus.
CO2 emissions are down by 25%
because of the measures to contain the coronavirus
Travel restrinctions: The emission of the airplanes daily reduced by a 70%
Satellite images shows a big reduction of nitrogen dioxide emissions in Febreaury
because of the reduce of vehicles, power plants and industrial facilities
by NASA
