Items tagged with COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic and the mobility limitations imposed to try to contain its spread have led to a drastic decrease in emissions of air pollutants and CO2. For the former, the drop in the atmospheric concentrations of the main urban air pollutants leads to a decrease in mortality attributable to air pollution. This has not been the case in the case of CO2 emissions; though they have decreased by close to 8%, that is insufficient to show a measurable impact in the context of the climate crisis. On the other hand, social distancing measures can have counterproductive effects on other prevention systems related to health effects aggravated by climate change, such as in the case of heat waves.

Due to the health emergency and the declaration of confinement, for the protection of the population from COVID-19, State educational centers were forced to continue teaching distance learners. In this work, social media were essential for the continuation of learning.

In recent years, sustainable and responsible investment in Spain has grown not only in the quantity of assets managed under Environmental, Social and Governance criteria, but in the sophistication of the selection, integration and influence strategies applied. 

The pandemic that has devastated the world since March 2020 has generated a good number of lessons learned. Still pending to delve into many of them, numerous analyzes in this line are already coming to light.