{"id":510,"date":"2020-04-05T13:12:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T13:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countysplash.co.ke\/?p=510"},"modified":"2020-04-05T13:12:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T13:12:16","slug":"is-covid19-a-blessing-or-curse-towards-climate-change-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=510","title":{"rendered":"Is COVID19 a blessing or a curse towards Climate Change Action?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kakamega<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Dr. Humphrey Agevi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak was detected by doctors\nin  Wuhan, China around December, 2019.\nAlthough the first case may have began in Hubei Province on November 17 last\nyear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 The disease has expanded to\ntouch nearly all corners of the globe with countries recording  rise in cases of  infections and deaths. World Health\nOrganisation (WHO) has to that effect declared that the virus is a global\nhealth emergency of international concern; the sixth in the world history and\nrated COVID-19 a global risk of spread and impact as \u201cvery high\u201d, the most\nserious designation that the organisation gives in its ranking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr Humprey Agevi<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The disease has spread from Wuhan \nand has spread to around 203 countires and territories. As  at now, world figures stand at about  859,829 infections and 42,341 deaths with USA,\nItaly and Spain being the most affected countires. In Kenya the infections have\nreached 126 being the second most affected in Africa after Rwanda with  1 death case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This disease has  caused\nwidespread sicknesses and fatalities and sent global economy towards the edge\nof recession. Countries have been forced to put in measures aimed at curbing\nthe disease. This among others include total\/partial lockdown of cities,\nisolation of nations, suspensions of international travels which have reduced\nabout 70 per cent of international flights, banning of travels closing learning\ninstitutions, putting in measures to reduce public road transport, shutting\ndown of industries\/factories or reducing their operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Kenya through a presidential\ndirective for instance has put in dusk to dawn curfew, closed all learning\ninstitutions, advised workers to work from home except   those offering esssential services among\nothers allll these aimed at enforcing social distancing to curbe further\nspread. This in turn has affected normal daily lives including carbon\nfootprints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Globally,\u00a0 China is the leading emitter of carbondioxide at 30 per cent \u00a0followed by USA at 15 per cent and Europe at 9 per cent. The biggest 20 companies in the world like Chevron, BP, Shell among others contributes 35 per cent of all energy related carbondioxide emissions. This is equivalent to 480 billion tonnes of carbondioxide”. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The shutdown in industries globally including in USA, China,\nItaly, Japan among others  has led to\ndrop in consumptions as a result of reduction in operations. For instance coal\nconsumptions in power plants has been reduced to around 36 per cent globally.\nThese industries have resulted to decline in the emissions of carbondioxide (CO2<\/sub>),\nMethane (CH4<\/sub>), Nitrous Oxide (N2<\/sub>O); greenhouse gases\n(GHGs) that contributes to  increased\neffects of climate change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Globally,  China is the\nleading emitter of carbondioxide at 30 per cent  followed by USA at 15 per cent and Europe at 9\nper cent. The biggest 20 companies in the world like Chevron, BP, Shell among\nothers contributes 35 per cent of all energy related carbondioxide emissions.\nThis is equivalent to 480 billion tonnes of carbondioxide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slow in halt or physical operations has impacted on\nproduction. For instance Chevron senting home 300  of its staff implies reduced production hence\nreduced emissions. The reduction in use of fossil fuels and reduction in\noperations has resulted to carbondioxide cuts by 25 per cent based on Centre\nfor Research on Energy and clean Air (CREA). Air pollution has greatly reduced,\nthe skies are extremely clear which would have been brought about by aeroplanes\nand industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Globally, the aviation industry contributes 2.4 per cent of the\ntotal carbondioxide emissions. In US they contribute about 12 per cent of total\nemissions which is equivalent to 3 per cent of the total carbondioxide\nemissions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The UN has postponed 12 climate change talks which would have contributed to development of policy and agreements regarding the effects of climate change. Key among this meetings is the UN 2020 Biodiversity conference that would have drafted agreements and implement concrete climate change actions”. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Domestic flights in China, USA and EU contributes 55 per cent  of total emissions. COVID-19 has drastically\nreduced all this which has in turn resulted to a greater decrease in the total\ngrenhouse gase emissions into the atmopshere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More carbon savings have been made by flights that would have been\ntaken by international delegates being cancelled as a result of posponement of\nkey international conferences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UN has postponed 12 climate change talks which would have\ncontributed to development of policy and agreements regarding the effects of\nclimate change. Key among this meetings is the UN 2020 Biodiversity conference\nthat would have drafted agreements and implement concrete climate change\nactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Governments and central banks  globally have been forced to  pool resources to launch sustainable stimulus\npackages to help save economies and fight COVID-19. For instance US approved 2.5billion\ndollars as well as the Kenyan President directed central bank to release Shs.\n7.38 billion reserve fund to fight the virus. These afforts if also put in\nclimate change fight then would greatly help fight climate change and protect\nthe earth\u2019s biodiversity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These reductions in carbondioxide would however not be long\nlasting. The se is due to the efforts being put in place to fight the virus.\nOnce things come back to normal, defeinately countries will lift a number of\nsanctions they have imposed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will mean industries and factories will double production\nefforts to cover f or the losses made and periods they had reduced operations.\nThis will double the greenhouse gases back into the atmosphere and ravage more\non the earth flora and fauna. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is need then for countries to come up with a policy that\nwill see these companies commit more to carbon credit schemes for the emissions\nthey will have added in the atmosphere. These will greatly offset the gases\nfrom the atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Agevi is a Climate Change specialist in the Department of\nBiological Sciences at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology\n(MMUST)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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