Economic stimulus packages for hibernating economies hit by the Covid-19 pandemic need to be linked to climate change and biodiversity measures, a leading scientist has claimed.
Josef Aschbacher, Director of Earth Observation Programmes with the European Space Agency, told RTÉ's Morning Ireland, he hoped recent declines in air pollution attributed to the Covid-19 shutdowns translated in to a "rethink of the activities that some of us are doing".
Mr Aschbacher’s comments come as data from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite show declines in air pollution, specifically nitrogen dioxide emissions, have declined.
This coincides with countries locking down economic and social activities because of the Covid-19 crisis. "We now realise that it is