Context: Global environmental optimism (in terms of improved air, water quality, and reduced carbon emission) because of Covid-19 Pandemic followed by global lockdown will be short lived if green reconstruction path is not followed post pandemic era.
Lessons learnt from COVID-19
Why Pandemic induced Global Environmental Optimism could be short-lived
Way Forward
Quote: “For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; now he is beginning to realize that in order to survive, he must protect it” - Jacques-Yves Cousteau