Impact of COVID-19 outbreak measures of lockdown on the Italian Carbon Footprint.

ABSTRACT: Stringent lockdown measures implemented in Italy to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 are generating unprecedented economic impacts. However, the environmental consequences associated with the temporary shutdown and recovery of industrial and commercial activities are still not fully understood. Using the well-known carbon footprint (CF) indicator, this paper provides a comprehensive estimation of environmental effects due to the COVID-19 outbreak lockdown measures in Italy. Our aim was to quantify the CF associated with the consumption of energy by any economic activity and region in Italy during the lockdown, and then compare these environmental burdens with the CF calculated for analogous periods from 2015 to 2019 (~March and April). Complementarily, we also conducted a scenario analysis

SUBMITTER: Rugani B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7258837 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature