Mofijur M, Fattah I M Rizwanul, Alam Md Asraful, Islam A B M Saiful, Ong Hwai Chyuan, Rahman S M Ashrafur, Najafi G, Ahmed S F, Uddin Md Alhaz, Mahlia T M I
School of Information Systems and Modelling, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia.
School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
Sustain Prod Consum. 2021 Apr;26:343-359. doi: 10.1016/j.spc.2020.10.016. Epub 2020 Oct 14.
COVID-19 has heightened human suffering, undermined the economy, turned the lives of billions of people around the globe upside down, and significantly affected the health, economic, environmental and social domains. This study aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the ecological domain, the energy sector, society and the economy and investigate the global preventive measures taken to reduce the transmission of COVID-19. This analysis unpacks the key responses to COVID-19, the efficacy of current initiatives, and summarises the lessons learnt as an update on the information available to authorities, business and industry. This review found that a 72-hour delay in the collection and disposal of waste from infected households and quarantine facilities is crucial to controlling the spread of the virus. Broad sector by sector plans for socio-economic growth as well as a robust entrepreneurship-friendly economy is needed for the business to be sustainable at the peak of the pandemic. The socio-economic crisis has reshaped investment in energy and affected the energy sector significantly with most investment activity facing disruption due to mobility restrictions. Delays in energy projects are expected to create uncertainty in the years ahead. This report will benefit governments, leaders, energy firms and customers in addressing a pandemic-like situation in the future.
新冠疫情加剧了人类的苦难，破坏了经济，颠覆了全球数十亿人的生活，并对健康、经济、环境和社会领域产生了重大影响。本研究旨在全面分析新冠疫情爆发对生态领域、能源部门、社会和经济的影响，并调查为减少新冠病毒传播而采取的全球预防措施。该分析揭示了对新冠疫情的关键应对措施、当前举措的成效，并总结了经验教训，作为向当局、企业和行业提供的可用信息的更新。该综述发现，延迟72小时收集和处理来自受感染家庭及隔离设施的废物对于控制病毒传播至关重要。在疫情高峰期，企业要实现可持续发展，需要制定广泛的各部门社会经济增长计划以及强大的有利于创业的经济环境。社会经济危机重塑了能源投资，并对能源部门产生了重大影响，由于行动限制，大多数投资活动面临中断。能源项目的延迟预计将在未来几年造成不确定性。本报告将有助于各国政府、领导人、能源公司和客户应对未来类似疫情的情况。
