When countries start trying to put their economies back together after the pandemic, will the fight against climate change suffer?
As the world enters a crucial few weeks in international efforts to contain covid-19, some pundits are turning their attention to the devastating impact of global recession as a result of the world’s economy basically shutting down.
While this may be good news for the environment in the short term, what will happen when the pandemic ends and nations start scrambling to restart their moribund economies?
Will the effort to cut emissions and limit global heating receive a setback? There are optimists, like Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who feel that the global pandemic response will change the way governments view