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      COVID-19 and Quality of Life: Twelve Reflections

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      Applied Research in Quality of Life
      Springer Netherlands
      COVID-19, Reflections, Quality of life, Well-being

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          COVID-19 has severely affected the world since December 2020. Because of its sudden onset and highly contagious nature, the world has responded in a “crisis management” manner. With effective vaccines almost available, it is appropriate at this time to have some reflections about COVID-19 in relation to the quality of life issues. In this paper, we highlight twelve issues for reflection, which can help us better prepared for future pandemics. These include: digital divide, health inequality, gender inequality, economic disadvantage, family well-being, impact on holistic well-being, economic development versus saving lives, consumption versus environmental protection, individual rights versus collective rights, international collaboration versus conflict, prevention of negative well-being, and promotion of positive well-being.

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              Near-real-time monitoring of global CO 2 emissions reveals the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

              The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting human activities, and in turn energy use and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Here we present daily estimates of country-level CO2 emissions for different sectors based on near-real-time activity data. The key result is an abrupt 8.8% decrease in global CO2 emissions (−1551 Mt CO2) in the first half of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. The magnitude of this decrease is larger than during previous economic downturns or World War II. The timing of emissions decreases corresponds to lockdown measures in each country. By July 1st, the pandemic’s effects on global emissions diminished as lockdown restrictions relaxed and some economic activities restarted, especially in China and several European countries, but substantial differences persist between countries, with continuing emission declines in the U.S. where coronavirus cases are still increasing substantially.
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                Contributors
                daniel.shek@polyu.edu.hk
                Journal
                Appl Res Qual Life
                Appl Res Qual Life
                Applied Research in Quality of Life
                Springer Netherlands (Dordrecht )
                1871-2584
                1871-2576
                6 January 2021
                6 January 2021
                : 1-11
                Affiliations
                GRID grid.16890.36, ISNI 0000 0004 1764 6123, Department of Applied Social Sciences, , The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, ; Hong Kong, Hong Kong
                Article
                9898
                10.1007/s11482-020-09898-z
                7786317
                33425064
                cbd2f170-674f-4630-a7eb-096ac812a750
                © The Author(s) 2021

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                : 5 December 2020
                : 8 December 2020
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                Health & Social care
                covid-19,reflections,quality of life,well-being
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