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Positive impacts of Covid-19 on nature |
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Answer» ldwide disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in numerous impacts on the environment and the climate. The considerable decline in planned travel[2] has caused many regions to experience a large drop in air pollution. In China, lockdowns and other measures resulted in a 25 per cent reduction in carbon emissions[3] and 50 per cent reduction in nitrogen oxides emissions,[4] which one Earth systems scientist estimated may have saved at least 77,000 lives over two months.[5][6] Other POSITIVE impacts on the environment include governance-system-controlled investments towards a sustainable energy transition and other goals related to ENVIRONMENTAL protection such as the European Union's seven-year €1 TRILLION budget proposal and €750 billion recovery plan "NEXT Generation EU" which seeks to reserve 25% of EU spending for climate-friendly EXPENDITURE |
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