There is a Club of Rome (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_of_Rome) that has been working on the idea of harmonizing man and nature since 1968.
You can study their research and calculations of the time of extinction of mankind due to environmental pollution and increasing population of the planet. But what is most interesting is that many of their studies show that the problems on Earth begin in 2020.
I think the coronavirus is a driver for the transition from the old consumption economy which leads to pollution to the new (green) economy. But in my opinion, the transition can be very tough for ordinary people.