Ongoma Victor, Epule Terence Epule, Brouziyne Youssef, Tanarhte Meryem, Chehbouni Abdelghani
International Water Research Institute, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Lot 660, Hay Moulay Rachid, 43150 Ben Guerir, Morocco.
International Water Management Institute, Level 3, 7 Abd El-Hady Saleh St., Off Nile Street, Giza, Egypt.
Environ Dev Sustain. 2023 Jan 25:1-23. doi: 10.1007/s10668-023-02956-0.
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 quickly, causing loss of lives and stagnation of the global economy, overshadowing the current climate crisis. The pandemic was managed through swift response by the top political leadership, research and innovations across Africa providing possible solutions to COVID-19 challenges, and redirection of funds to manage the pandemic. The well-coordinated COVID-19 containment strategy under the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention increased sharing of resources including data was a success in limiting the spread of the virus. These strategies, among others, proved effective in limiting the spread and impact of COVID-19. The findings provide lessons that stakeholders and policy-makers can leverage in the management of the environment and address climate change. These approaches require solid commitment and practical-oriented leadership.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10668-023-02956-0.
新冠疫情给非洲带来了压力；非洲是最易受气候变化影响的大陆，这威胁到大多数可持续发展目标的实现。该大陆正在经历极端天气事件强度和频率的增加以及环境变化。新冠疫情在非洲大陆得到了相对较好的管控，为环境管理和应对气候变化提供了经验教训和动力。这项工作研究了新冠疫情对环境和气候变化可能产生的影响，分析了其管控措施，并从中汲取经验教训以应对非洲的气候变化。数据、研究结果和经验教训来自关于非洲新冠疫情的同行评审文章和可靠的灰色文献。新冠疫情迅速蔓延，导致人员伤亡和全球经济停滞，掩盖了当前的气候危机。疫情通过高层政治领导的迅速反应、非洲各地的研究与创新提供应对新冠挑战的可能解决方案以及资金重新定向以管控疫情来进行应对。在非洲疾病控制与预防中心协调下的新冠疫情防控策略，包括增加数据等资源的共享，在限制病毒传播方面取得了成功。这些策略以及其他策略在限制新冠疫情的传播和影响方面被证明是有效的。研究结果为利益相关者和政策制定者在环境管理和应对气候变化方面提供了可借鉴的经验教训。这些方法需要坚定的承诺和注重实际的领导力。
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