UTJECAJ PANDEMIJE COVID 19 NA SMANJENJE EMISIJE CO2 I DRUGIH STAKLENIČKIH PLINOVA/IMPACT OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC ON REDUCING CO2 AND OTHER GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONS

Abstract

 Carbon dioxide, CO2, is more than any other greenhouse gas - a driver of warming that
contributed to climate change between 1975 and 2011. Changes in the environment resulting from human
activities are emissions of greenhouse gases, small particles and changes in land use. Carbon dioxide, CO2
remains in the atmosphere unlike other gases, thus contributing to the greenhouse effect. After CO2
emissions, 40% will remain in the atmosphere for 100 years, 20% CO2 will remain for 1000 years, and
10% CO2 will remain in the atmosphere for 10,000 years, affecting the greenhouse effect, climate change,
global warming, and ozone depletion. During the Covid 19 pandemic, the reduction in CO2 emissions
globally between January 2020 and June is 8.6 percent, which would mean approximately 1,048 million
tons. The measures taken by the governments of all countries against the spread of the coronavirus
pandemic have had a major impact on energy needs around the world, so as expected, the global level of
CO2 emissions has fallen. Only emissions from land and air transport were 36 and 60 percent lower on
April 7, 2020, compared to the annual average for 2019. Land transport, energy and industry together
account for 86 percent of total CO2 reductions.