{"id":460,"date":"2020-05-27T07:31:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T07:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everythingsustainable.com\/?p=460"},"modified":"2020-09-09T17:41:25","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T17:41:25","slug":"will-the-coronavirus-lead-to-a-more-sustainable-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingsustainable.com\/will-the-coronavirus-lead-to-a-more-sustainable-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the Coronavirus Lead to a More Sustainable World?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Let’s think positively about something so negative shall we?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

In the midst of all of the bad news surrounding the coronavirus, one piece of good news is making its way into the headlines. The current pandemic is good for the environment. Normally polluted skylines are clear. Animals are free ranging in places where humans usually dominate. The skies are nearly free of planes, and vehicles no longer crowd the streets. Estimations of CO2 emissions<\/a> during the coronavirus indicate a potential decline of 8% this year from 2019 levels. A full accounting of the environmental benefits will not be known for some time, but can the coronavirus lead us to a more sustainable world after the crisis subsides?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What the Coronavirus Is Teaching Us<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

There is no doubt that not even the most ardent environmentalist would have wished the pandemic on the world in trade for a greener environment, but it\u2019s here, and the best we can do is to learn something from what the coronavirus is revealing about the road to sustainability. Across the globe, we are seeing how quickly the environment changes when drastic measures are implemented. These are perhaps the goals the world should have been aiming for in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the challenges in implementing measures to reduce greenhouse gases is that people often do not truly understand the repercussions for their actions because they do not see immediate results. Now, we are seeing immediate results, and it is possible to understand what can happen when everyone pulls together for a similar purpose. At the moment, that purpose is to reduce the impacts of the coronavirus, but the same cohesiveness can move us forward in sustainability efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n