Implications of COVID-19 on global environmental pollution and carbon emissions with strategies for sustainability in the COVID-19 era

M Yang, L Chen, G Msigwa, KHD Tang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The impacts of COVID-19 on global environmental pollution since its onset in December
2019 require special attention. The rapid spread of COVID-19 globally has led countries to …

[HTML][HTML] Direct observations of CO2 emission reductions due to COVID-19 lockdown across European urban districts

G Nicolini, G Antoniella, F Carotenuto… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The measures taken to contain the spread of COVID-19 in 2020 included restrictions of
people's mobility and reductions in economic activities. These drastic changes in daily life …

Greenhouse gas emissions from global cities under SSP/RCP scenarios, 1990 to 2100

KR Gurney, Ş Kılkış, KC Seto, S Lwasa, D Moran… - Global Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Projections of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are critical to enable a better
understanding and anticipation of future climate change under different socio-economic …

Decadal decrease in Los Angeles methane emissions is much smaller than bottom-up estimates

ZC Zeng, T Pongetti, S Newman, T Oda… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, has a short atmospheric lifetime (~ 12 years), so that
emissions reductions will have a rapid impact on climate forcing. In megacities such as Los …

Short run “rebound effect” of COVID on the transport carbon footprint

C Rojas, I Muñiz, M Quintana, F Simon, B Castillo… - Cities, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic completely transformed the mobility of cities. The restrictions on
movement led to “empty cities” throughout the world, with some environmental effects in …

Methane emissions show recent decline but strong seasonality in two US Northeastern cities

A Karion, S Ghosh, I Lopez-Coto… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Urban methane emissions estimated using atmospheric observations have been found to
exceed estimates derived by using traditional inventory methods in several northeastern US …

An emerging GHG estimation approach can help cities achieve their climate and sustainability goals

KL Mueller, T Lauvaux, KR Gurney… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
A credible assessment of a city's greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation policies requires a valid
account of a city's emissions. However, questions persist as to whether cities''self-reported …

Can we use atmospheric measurements to verify emission trends reported by cities? Lessons from a 6-year atmospheric inversion over Paris

J Lian, T Lauvaux, H Utard, FM Bréon… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
Existing CO 2 emissions reported by city inventories usually lag in real-time by a year or
more and are prone to large uncertainties. This study responds to the growing need for …

The Impact of COVID‐19 Outbreak on CO2 Emissions in the Ten Countries with the Highest Carbon Dioxide Emissions

M Ronaghi, E Scorsone - Journal of Environmental and Public …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The environmental pollution during the COVID‐19 crisis has declined dramatically due to
quarantines that have severely reduced transport and industry but has had little effect on the …

Assessing the Effectiveness of an Urban CO2 Monitoring Network over the Paris Region through the COVID-19 Lockdown Natural Experiment

J Lian, T Lauvaux, H Utard, FM Bréon… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The Paris metropolitan area, the largest urban region in the European Union, has
experienced two national COVID-19 confinements in 2020 with different levels of restrictions …