Christian Stoll, Michael A. Mehling

3(4) One Earth (2020): 400-404

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.09.003

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has triggered the largest drop in greenhouse gas emissions since World War II. Evolving mobility patterns, in particular, have shown the short-term mitigation potential of behavioral change. Sustaining such changes could abate 15% of all transportation emissions with limited net impacts on societal well-being.

Keywords: COVID-19; greenhouse gas emissions; mobility; behavioral change; transport decarbonization