Chapter 8
COVID-19 and Its Impact on Carbon
Dioxide Emissions
Ankit Dasgotra, Vishal Kumar Singh, Suvendu Manna, Gurpreet Singh,
S. M. Tauseef, and Jitendra K. Pandey
Abstract One of the major threats nowadays is COVID-19. Initially, people were
suggested to have self-protection via staying at home and avoid unusual travel. As
transmission became out of control, Lockdown implemented majorly affected countries. Lockdown stage and implemented shutdowns of industries, etc., exhibited a
significant reduction in carbon emissions. Carbon emissions are often associated
with burning waste, fossil fuels, crude, coal, etc., and it is harmful to the environment and human survival globally. In this chapter, carbon emission data (fossil
carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emission data) have been collected and comparison has been
done during lockdown with last year’s data. The comparison showed that emission
reduced to a greater extent even more than 50% in some regions. Learnt lessons are
evaluated thoroughly in this chapter that can be directed by government and private
organizations post lockdown in future. The data presented in this chapter indicated
a daily decrease of CO 2 emission by 17% due to complete lockdown in most of the
world population. As in most of the region, the lockdown has been upholding the
A. Dasgotra · S. Manna (B) · S. M. Tauseef
School of Engineering, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Bidholi, Dehradun 248007,
India
e-mail: smanna@ddn.upes.ac.in
A. Dasgotra
e-mail: dasgotraa@gmail.com
S. M. Tauseef
e-mail: smtauseef@ddn.upes.ac.in
V. K. Singh · J. K. Pandey
Department of Research & Development, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Bidholi,
Dehradun 248007, India
e-mail: vishalksingh3011@gmail.com
J. K. Pandey
e-mail: jkpandey@ddn.upes.ac.in
G. Singh
AdWills, Delhi 110075, India
e-mail: gurpreet@hyprsci.com
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COVID-19 and Its Impact on Carbon
Dioxide Emissions
Ankit Dasgotra, Vishal Kumar Singh, Suvendu Manna, Gurpreet Singh,
S. M. Tauseef, and Jitendra K. Pandey
Abstract One of the major threats nowadays is COVID-19. Initially, people were
suggested to have self-protection via staying at home and avoid unusual travel. As
transmission became out of control, Lockdown implemented majorly affected countries. Lockdown stage and implemented shutdowns of industries, etc., exhibited a
significant reduction in carbon emissions. Carbon emissions are often associated
with burning waste, fossil fuels, crude, coal, etc., and it is harmful to the environment and human survival globally. In this chapter, carbon emission data (fossil
carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emission data) have been collected and comparison has been
done during lockdown with last year’s data. The comparison showed that emission
reduced to a greater extent even more than 50% in some regions. Learnt lessons are
evaluated thoroughly in this chapter that can be directed by government and private
organizations post lockdown in future. The data presented in this chapter indicated
a daily decrease of CO 2 emission by 17% due to complete lockdown in most of the
world population. As in most of the region, the lockdown has been upholding the
A. Dasgotra · S. Manna (B) · S. M. Tauseef
School of Engineering, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Bidholi, Dehradun 248007,
India
e-mail: smanna@ddn.upes.ac.in
A. Dasgotra
e-mail: dasgotraa@gmail.com
S. M. Tauseef
e-mail: smtauseef@ddn.upes.ac.in
V. K. Singh · J. K. Pandey
Department of Research & Development, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Bidholi,
Dehradun 248007, India
e-mail: vishalksingh3011@gmail.com
J. K. Pandey
e-mail: jkpandey@ddn.upes.ac.in
G. Singh
AdWills, Delhi 110075, India
e-mail: gurpreet@hyprsci.com
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
C. Chakraborty et al. (eds.), The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Green Societies,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66490-9_8
195