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The Impacts of the Early Outset of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Climate Change Research: implications for policy-making
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The Impacts of the Early Outset of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Climate Change Research: implications for policy-making

Walter Leal Filho, Tony Wall, Gustavo J Nagy, Fatima Alves, Luis Ricardo Fernández Carril, Chunlan Li, Serafino Mucova, Johannes Platje, Lez Rayman-Bacchus, Edmond Totin, …
Environmental Science & Policy, Vol.124, pp.267-278
2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.06.008
PMCID: PMC8443235
PMID: 34539239
Appears in  COVID-19 Research
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.06.008View
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Abstract

COVID-19 climate change research climate adaptation policy crisis world regions
Since January 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has dominated the media and exercises pressure on governments worldwide. Apart from its effects on economies, education systems and societies, the pandemic has also influenced climate change research. This paper examines the extent to which COVID-19 has influenced climate change research worldwide during the first wave at the beginning of 2020 and how it is perceived to exploit it in the future. This study utilised an international survey involving those dedicated to climate change science and management research from Academia, Government, NGOs, and international agencies in 83 countries. Results show that: (1) COVID-19 modified the way the surveyed researchers work, (2) there are indicators that COVID-19 has already influenced the direction of climate change and adaptation policy implementation, and (3) respondents perceived (explicitly concerning the COVID-19 lockdowns of March-April 2020), that the pandemic has drawn attention away from climate policy. COVID-19 has influenced the agenda of climate change research for more than half of the respondents and is likely to continue in the future, suggesting that the impacts on their research will still be felt for many years. The paper concludes by outlining critical implications for policy-making.

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