"Watch the Footprint of Coronavirus Spread Across Countries"
New York Times article on coronavirus spread cites EIEE paper on social distancing and pollution.
A New York Times article on coronavirus spread cited a paper coauthored by EIEE senior scientist Valentina Bosetti, on social distancing and pollution.
“‘It’s the first time in history we’ve seen something like this,’ said Marco Percoco, an associate professor of transportation economics at Bocconi University in Milan, referring to the speed and the size of the pollution declines in Italy and China.
‘It is clear people are not moving by cars,’ said Dr. Percoco, an author on the study, noting that vehicle emissions are a major source of particulate matter and other pollution in Italian cities. Few people are on the streets, he said, with many Italians staying home to avoid the virus.”
EIEE is a research partnership between RFF and the Euro Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), which works to improve environmental, energy, and natural resource decisions through impartial economic research and policy engagement.
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