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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Dreams and doubts of a green revival -Jaideep Hardikar

Dreams and doubts of a green revival -Jaideep Hardikar

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published Published on Jul 10, 2020   modified Modified on Jul 10, 2020

-Livemint.com

* The pandemic-induced global pause resulted in several visible environmental gains. Will they last?

* A controversy is brewing over the government’s efforts to push through radical changes to the country’s environmental laws, which seek to further dilute environmental protections

NAGPUR: Teeming wildlife; cities breathing fresh air; and clearer rivers. Those were all small signs of hope amid a dire, once-in-a-century pandemic. Nature was supposedly healing. At one point in April, an estimated 4 billion human beings were confined to their homes. There is now even a term to describe this unique moment in human history: the anthropause.

The effects on the environment were no doubt striking. Ambient air quality in many Indian cities drastically improved. In the Himalayas, wild grasses sprung back healthier due to the near absence of cattle grazing in the eclipsing summer. And, migratory birds and animals stepped into urban areas in many parts of the world. But are these signs of a green revival merely a temporary blip? Will the bounce back to status quo be as sudden and striking?

Globally, daily carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are already roaring back to pre-pandemic levels, according to a recent study published in the scientific journal Nature, which also estimates that the forced lockdown measures had plunged worldwide fossil fuel emissions by 17%. India was no exception to the trend.

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