Saving the world from your couch: the heterogeneous medium-run benefits of COVID-19 lockdowns on air pollution

Saving the world from your couch: the heterogeneous medium-run benefits of COVID-19 lockdowns on air pollution

In Spring 2020, COVID-19 led to an unprecedented halt in public and economic life across the globe. In an otherwise tragic time, this provides a unique natural experiment to investigate the environmental impact of such a (temporary) ‘de-globalization’. Here, we estimate the medium-run impact of a ba...

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Main Authors: Jean-Philippe Bonardi, Quentin Gallea, Dimitrija Kalanoski, Rafael Lalive, Raahil Madhok, Frederik Noack, Dominic Rohner, Tommaso Sonno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2021-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
COVID-19
pollution
lockdown
sustainable development
environment
globalization
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abee4d

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