COVID-19 Impacts on Climate
Change—Sustainable Technologies
for Carbon Capture Storage
and Utilization (CCUS)
Quang Tuan Lai, Lulit Habte, Thenepalli Thriveni, Lee Seongho,
and Ji Whan Ahn
Abstract Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread around the world like wildfire, impacting health, industry, the global economy, and the environment. This paper
focuses on climate change, discussing the global trend in CO 2 emissions and how
COVID-19 is impacting climate change. Global warming is the greatest environmental challenge our planet has ever faced. According to the International Energy
Agency (IEA), CO 2 emissions declined by 8% during 2020. Of the wide range of
sustainable technologies available for carbon capture, mineralization technology is
the first to produce carbonate minerals by directly reacting minerals with low concentration CO 2 . This long-term technology affords extended capacity for CO 2 storage.
We consider the extensive guidelines required for climate change during the battle
against COVID-19.
Keywords Sustainable technologies · CCUS · COVID-19 · Climate change
Q. T. Lai · L. Habte
Department of Resources Recycling, University of Science & Technology, 217 Gajeong-ro,
Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
Q. T. Lai
Tectonic and Geomorphology Department, Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral
Resources (VIGMR), 67 Chienthang Street, Hadong District, Hanoi 151170, Vietnam
Q. T. Lai · L. Habte · L. Seongho · J. W. Ahn (B)
Center for Carbon Mineralization, Mineral Resources Division, Korea Institute of Geosciences and
Mineral Resources (KIGAM), 124 Gwahagno, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34132, Republic of Korea
e-mail: ahnjw@kigam.re.kr
T. Thriveni
Department of Chemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Chittoor (Dt), Tirupati 517502, Andhra
Pradesh, India
© The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society 2021
A. A. Baba et al. (eds.), Energy Technology 2021, The Minerals, Metals
& Materials Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65257-9_3
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Change—Sustainable Technologies
for Carbon Capture Storage
and Utilization (CCUS)
Quang Tuan Lai, Lulit Habte, Thenepalli Thriveni, Lee Seongho,
and Ji Whan Ahn
Abstract Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread around the world like wildfire, impacting health, industry, the global economy, and the environment. This paper
focuses on climate change, discussing the global trend in CO 2 emissions and how
COVID-19 is impacting climate change. Global warming is the greatest environmental challenge our planet has ever faced. According to the International Energy
Agency (IEA), CO 2 emissions declined by 8% during 2020. Of the wide range of
sustainable technologies available for carbon capture, mineralization technology is
the first to produce carbonate minerals by directly reacting minerals with low concentration CO 2 . This long-term technology affords extended capacity for CO 2 storage.
We consider the extensive guidelines required for climate change during the battle
against COVID-19.
Keywords Sustainable technologies · CCUS · COVID-19 · Climate change
Q. T. Lai · L. Habte
Department of Resources Recycling, University of Science & Technology, 217 Gajeong-ro,
Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
Q. T. Lai
Tectonic and Geomorphology Department, Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral
Resources (VIGMR), 67 Chienthang Street, Hadong District, Hanoi 151170, Vietnam
Q. T. Lai · L. Habte · L. Seongho · J. W. Ahn (B)
Center for Carbon Mineralization, Mineral Resources Division, Korea Institute of Geosciences and
Mineral Resources (KIGAM), 124 Gwahagno, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34132, Republic of Korea
e-mail: ahnjw@kigam.re.kr
T. Thriveni
Department of Chemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Chittoor (Dt), Tirupati 517502, Andhra
Pradesh, India
© The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society 2021
A. A. Baba et al. (eds.), Energy Technology 2021, The Minerals, Metals
& Materials Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65257-9_3
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