TY - JOUR
T1 - The influence of covid-19 on global co2 emissions and climate change
T2 - A perspective from malaysia
AU - Tan, Chung Hong
AU - Ong, Mei Yin
AU - Nomanbhay, Saifuddin M.
AU - Shamsuddin, Abd Halim
AU - Show, Pau Loke
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: This research was funded by AAIBE Chair of Renewable Energy (ChRE) (C.H. Tan under postdoctoral fellowship programme, and M.Y. Ong under project code 202006KETTHA). In addition, M.Y. Ong would also like to thank UNITEN for the UNITEN Postgraduate Excellence Scholarship 2019 (YCU-COGS). The APC was funded by BOLD Refresh Publication Fund 2021 under iRMC, UNITEN (grant: J5100D4103-BOLDREFRESH2025-CENTER OF EXCELLENCE).
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PY - 2021/8
Y1 - 2021/8
N2 - The rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in early 2020 prompted a global lockdown from March to July 2020. Due to strict lockdown measures, many countries experienced economic downturns, negatively affecting many industries including energy, manufacturing, agricul-ture, finance, healthcare, food, education, tourism, and sports. Despite this, the COVID-19 pandemic provided a rare opportunity to observe the impacts of worldwide lockdown on global carbon dioxide (CO2 ) emissions and climate change. Being the main greenhouse gas responsible for rising global surface temperature, CO2 is released to the atmosphere primarily by burning fossil fuels. Compared to 2019, CO2 emissions for the world and Malaysia decreased significantly by 4.02% (−1365.83 MtCO2 ) and 9.7% (−225.97 MtCO2 ) in 2020. However, this is insufficient to cause long-term impacts on global CO2 levels and climate change. Therefore, in this review, we explored the effects of worldwide lockdown on global CO2 levels, the impacts of national lockdown on Malaysia’s CO2 emissions, and the influence of climate change in Malaysia.
AB - The rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in early 2020 prompted a global lockdown from March to July 2020. Due to strict lockdown measures, many countries experienced economic downturns, negatively affecting many industries including energy, manufacturing, agricul-ture, finance, healthcare, food, education, tourism, and sports. Despite this, the COVID-19 pandemic provided a rare opportunity to observe the impacts of worldwide lockdown on global carbon dioxide (CO2 ) emissions and climate change. Being the main greenhouse gas responsible for rising global surface temperature, CO2 is released to the atmosphere primarily by burning fossil fuels. Compared to 2019, CO2 emissions for the world and Malaysia decreased significantly by 4.02% (−1365.83 MtCO2 ) and 9.7% (−225.97 MtCO2 ) in 2020. However, this is insufficient to cause long-term impacts on global CO2 levels and climate change. Therefore, in this review, we explored the effects of worldwide lockdown on global CO2 levels, the impacts of national lockdown on Malaysia’s CO2 emissions, and the influence of climate change in Malaysia.
KW - Climate change
KW - CO
KW - COVID-19
KW - Fossil fuel
KW - Malaysia
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85112001619&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/su13158461
DO - 10.3390/su13158461
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85112001619
SN - 2071-1050
VL - 13
JO - Sustainability (Switzerland)
JF - Sustainability (Switzerland)
IS - 15
M1 - 8461
ER -
