Economic Shock in a Climate Scenario and Its Impact on Surface Temperatures

Abstract

 Simulations of the climate response to three idealized scenarios reflecting a global economic crisis caused by a two-year home quarantine. Substantial reductions in carbon dioxide and aerosol emissions resulted in short-term warming, followed by cooling until the end of simulation. Greatest warming occurred over Europe in response to reductions in aerosols and persisted for two decades, which was explained by NAO phase.

COVID-19, recovery policies and the resilience of EU ETS

“…In terms of short-term behaviors, government policies have restricted production, transportation, and trade in most economic sectors, leading to a depression in demand and supply (Hauser et al 2020;Klemeš et al 2020). This suggests less consumption in the energy supply sector (Malliet et al 2020;Ran et al 2021;Yaya et al 2020), and fewer emissions of GHG and pollutants in the production sector (Balsalobre-Lorente et al 2020;Chakraborty et al 2020). 3 All of these could alleviate climate change and global warming to some extent.…”