**4. Conclusion and recommendations**

The aim of this chapter is to discuss the association between Covid-19's outbreak and its environmental effects on society. The debate indicates that the global lockout eliminates environmental emissions. As a result of the global shutdown, we have induced economic downturn across the world, but on the other hand, in a better climate, we are gaining a transformed world. There is no doubt that once the world engine start-up after Covid-19, pollution and waste will started to piling-up in our surrounding, which will not damaging to the health but also environmental sustainability. The implementation of different step-by-step strategies demonstrates that the environment will gradually shift from polluted world to a green one. In order to maintain environmental sustainability, policymakers and governmental bodies should develop a road-map to protect environmental sustainability.

Following are some suggestions, which may help in the initial phase of planning.


Furthermore, In order to achieve industrial productivity for green growth, the reliance upon energy use of fossil fuels should be replaced with renewable energy sources. As for the sustainable development of the country, the efficient use of natural resources, including oil rentals, ores and metal exports is imperative. On the other hand, Green finance will offer an incentive to fund sustainable items that lead to the digital mobilization of renewable energy and industrial growth initiatives.

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Syed Abdul Rehman Khan1,2\*, Laeeq Razzak Janjua3

3 Poznan University of Economics and Business, Poland

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1 School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

2 School of Management, Xuzhou University of Technology, Xuzhou, China

4 School of Economics and Management, Chang'an University, Xi'an, China

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and Zhang Yu4

*COVID-19: A Learning Opportunity to Improve Environmental Sustainability*

Furthermore, economic policies will help to achieve a smooth growth agenda through capital market promotion, technological advances, and the provision of environmental subsidies, to reduce the environmental adverse externalities of the production and consumption sectors. In the last, Public-private cooperation on the resource market is necessary in order to support sustainable economic development, which makes it incredibly necessary to provide insurance and business

This work supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2019 M660700), and the Beijing Key Laboratory of Megaregions Sustainable Development Modeling, Capital University of Economics and Business (No.

*DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.93893*

**Acknowledgements**

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services such that green development is encouraged.

*COVID-19: A Learning Opportunity to Improve Environmental Sustainability DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.93893*

Furthermore, economic policies will help to achieve a smooth growth agenda through capital market promotion, technological advances, and the provision of environmental subsidies, to reduce the environmental adverse externalities of the production and consumption sectors. In the last, Public-private cooperation on the resource market is necessary in order to support sustainable economic development, which makes it incredibly necessary to provide insurance and business services such that green development is encouraged.
