China’s levels of some air pollutants have risen back to above last year’s levels after dropping when the government imposed strict lockdown measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study.
As trillions of dollars in stimulus spending begin pouring into national economies flattened by the coronavirus crisis – and as people rethink old habits – the world faces a rare opportunity to swiftly ramp up climate action.
A study, accepted for publication in BMJ Global Health, estimates that younger, seemingly healthy individuals in Africa could be at elevated risk due to undiagnosed health conditions.
Vulnerable aspects of global health, such as maintaining routine immunization coverage and access to other common essential health services, are being negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and associated response measures.
The European Commission is seeking to halve the use of chemical pesticides by 2030 to halt the decline of pollinators, in a plan likely to draw criticism both from those urging a phase-out of the substances and from farmers who say crop yields will suffer.
Germany’s Deutsche Bank plans to pump at least 200 billion euros ($216.8 billion) into so-called sustainable financing and investments by 2025, its first formal targets for doing so.
Reports of violence associated with physical distancing policies continue, in the United States and elsewhere, including the United Kingdom.
Registrations of electric cars in Europe jumped 57.4% in the first quarter of 2020, but still only accounted for 4.3% of total registrations, auto industry data showed, as carmakers struggle to meet tough new anti-pollution rules.
Massive programmes of green public investment would be the most cost-effective way both to revive virus-hit economies and strike a decisive blow against climate change, top U.S. and British economists said in a study published.
Temperature and latitude do not appear to be associated with the spread of coronavirus disease, according to a study of many countries published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, but school closures and other public health measures are having a positive effect.