The relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change: the experience in China

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on economic activities that cause climate change allow us to visualize humanity's complications if we do not stop global warming. Based on a bibliographic review and supported by quantitative data, the objective of this work was to analyze the rela-tionship between contingency measures and their impact on the emission of greenhouse gases in the period spanning from December 2019 to the end of August 2020. Specifically, addressing the case of China as it is a nation that, due to the events of recent years, is relevant for the analysis of both phenomena. The hypothesis was that the global crisis resulting from this emergency impacted the trend in greenhouse gas production and showed that it is not a priority issue for the States to stop climate change.