Cascading impacts of global metal mining on climate change and human health caused by COVID-19 pandemic

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:	Resources, conservation, and recycling. - 1999. - 190(2023) vom: 15. März, Seite 106800
1. Verfasser:	Wang, Yao (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Wang, Heming, Wang, Peng, Zhang, Xu, Zhang, Zhihe, Zhong, Qiumeng, Ma, Fengmei, Yue, Qiang, Chen, Wei-Qiang, Du, Tao, Liang, Sai
Format:	Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	2023
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:	Resources, conservation, and recycling
Schlagworte:	Journal Article COVID-19 Environmental impacts Globalization Input-output analysis Metals

Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:	© 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has significantly disrupted global metal mining and associated supply chains. Here we analyse the cascading effects of the metal mining disruption associated with the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, climate change, and human health. We find that the pandemic reduced global metal mining by 10-20% in 2020. This reduction subsequently led to losses in global economic output of approximately 117 billion US dollars, reduced CO2 emissions by approximately 33 million tonnes (exceeding Hungary's emissions in 2015), and reduced human health damage by 78,192 disability-adjusted life years. In particular, copper and iron mining made the most significant contribution to these effects. China and rest-of-the-world America were the most affected. The cascading effects of the metal mining disruption associated with the pandemic on the economy, climate change, and human health should be simultaneously considered in designing green economic stimulus policies
Beschreibung:	Date Revised 10.09.2024 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:	0921-3449
DOI:	10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106800