Feasibility of Adopting COVID-19 Quarantine Policy to Combat Global Warming

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201214.458How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Global warming, quarantine lifestyle, COVID-19, public policy, infectious disease prevention policy, social problems

Abstract

Since the start of COVID-19, quarantine and social distancing have become a standard social norm in containing the outbreak. During this time period, a significant drop in greenhouse gas emission has been observed and reduced commute appears to be a main contributor to such reduction. Hence, the quarantine is not only effective in maintaining the outbreak but also helped to combat global warming. This paper thoroughly examined both contemporary and previous literature related to the causes of global warming and changes caused by COVID-19 quarantine measures in hope to study the feasibility of employing certain traits from the quarantine lifestyle after the COVID-19 pandemic to combat climate change in the long run. The downside of employing such tactic includes mental health issues, impact on work productivity, potential mass unemployment, and economic depressions. To handle the listed obstacles, companies and state agencies are expected to act in preparation to handle these rising problems to minimize the influence on both the people and the environment. Regardless of certain drawbacks, a prolonged “quarantine” can effectively reduce emission while reducing the risk of potential pandemics, which makes it a valid option to deal with the urgent challenge of escalating global warming.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zirui Zhou
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/16
TI  - Feasibility of Adopting COVID-19 Quarantine Policy to Combat Global Warming
BT  - Proceedings of the 2020 3rd International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 17
EP  - 20
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201214.458
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