COVID-19 response in Africa: impacts and lessons for environmental management and climate change adaptation.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic adds pressure on Africa; the most vulnerable continent to climate change impacts, threatening the realization of most Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The continent is witnessing an increase in intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, and environmental change. The COVID-19 was managed relatively well across in the continent, providing lessons and impetus for environmental management and addressing climate change. This work examines the possible impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the environment and climate change, analyses its management and draws lessons from it for climate change response in Africa. The data, findings and lessons are drawn from peer reviewed articles and credible grey literature on COVID-19 in Africa. The COVID-19 pandemic spread quic

SUBMITTER: Ongoma V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9873540 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature