A critical analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and ecosystems and opportunities for circular economy strategies
By T. Ibn‐Mohammed, K. Mustapha, J. Godsell, Z. Adamu, K. Babatunde, D. Akintade, Adolf Akwei Acquaye, Hidemichi Fujii, M. Ndiaye, F. Yamoah and 1 more. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2020
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Highlights • COVID-19 presents unprecedented challenge to all facets of human endeavour.• A critical review of the negative and positive impacts of the pandemic is presented.• The danger of relying on pandemic-driven benefits to achieving SDGs is highlighted.• The pandemic and its interplay with circular economy (CE) approaches is examined.• Sector-specific CE recommendations in a resilient post-COVID-19 world are outlined.
Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Strategy and Management
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- How (Un)sustainable Environments Are Related to the Diffusion of COVID-19: The Relation between Coronavirus Disease 2019, Air Pollution, Wind Resource and Energy (2020, background): “[34] suggest that the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic should be used to support sustainable development goals directed towards more resilient and low-carbon economic systems.”
- The effects and reacts of COVID-19 pandemic and international oil price on energy, economy, and environment in China (2021, background): “It is generally believed that COVID-19 has a significantly negative impact on the economy, the decline of energy use, and CO2 emissions [10,11].”