സി.സി.പി.എൽ.എം.എ.ഐ.എച്ച്.എസ്. പെരുമാനൂർ/അക്ഷരവൃക്ഷം/ ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT The coronavirus pandemic has caused a global reduction in economic activity and although this is major cause for concern, the ramping down of human activity appears to have had a positive impact on the environment. Industrial and transport emissions and effluents have reduced, and measurable data supports the clearing of pollutants in the atmosphere, soil and water. This effect is also in contrast to carbon emissions, which shot up by 5 percent after the global financial crash over a decade ago, as a result of stimulus spending on fossil fuel use to kickstart the global economy.The month of May, which usually records peak carbon emissions due to the decomposition of leaves, has recorded what might be the lowest levels of pollutants in the air since the 2008 financial crisisChina and Northern Italy have also recorded significant reductions in their nitrogen dioxide levels. Further, sources suggest that there has been a 25 percent drop in energy use and emissions in China over two weeks which is likely to decrease the overall annual carbon emissions of the country by 1 percent.In India the results were similar too; March 22 was the ‘Janata Curfew’, following which, a significant dip in air pollution levels was measured across the country. Cities like Delhi,Bengaluru, Kolkata and Lucknow saw their average Air Quality Index (AQI) staying within two digits.In conclusion, the takeaway from this is that once nations come to grips with the coronavirus, better implementation of the environmental, transport and industry regulations should be considered a priority to ease the detrimental impacts of human activity on the environmentThe international community, as it fights to regain an accepted normal, ought to take into consideration, the enlightening results of this pandemic. The environment, for one, bounced back faster than we thought it could. And it would be downright irresponsible to let that knowledge take a backseat once social distancing and nationwide lockdowns are no longer required  The response to this pandemic also threatens to make air pollution’s health impacts worse in the longer-term. Several governments are moving under the cover of COVID-19 to give industry a break and weaken clean air standards. In the US, the Environmental protection Agency (EPA) is accelerating its radical relaxation of regulation as the pandemic proliferates. The coronavirus pandemic has made it clearer than ever that human and planetary health are intimately interconnected. The choice is ours to act accordingly. .ജോതികാ പ്രദീപ് +1 കൊമേഴ്സ് സി.സി.പി.എൽ.എം.എ.ഐ.എച്ച്.എസ് പെരുമാനൂർ എറണാകുളം ഉപജില്ല എറണാകുളം അക്ഷരവൃക്ഷം പദ്ധതി, 2020 ലേഖനം  സാങ്കേതിക പരിശോധന - Sachingnair തീയ്യതി: 04/ 05/ 2020 >> രചനാവിഭാഗം - ലേഖനം