Use coronavirus rescue packages to fight climate change - UK adviser

(Reuters, 24 Mar 2020) "Globally, the question will be: 'Do we lock in the use of fossil fuels in our infrastructure choices or do we instead look to a green stimulus?'"

Gigantic stimulus packages to prop up the world economy during the coronavirus crisis should be designed to tackle climate change, according to a senior adviser from Britain which is hosting the next U.N. summit on global warming.

With governments pouring money into the economy at levels unseen since World War Two, many politicians, economists and campaigners are calling for the measures to accelerate a lasting shift away from polluting coal, oil and gas.

The epidemic, which has killed more than 16,500 people worldwide and infected nearly 380,000, has given a temporary respite to the planet thanks to the shutdown of large swathes of the global economy.

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Reuters, 23 Mar 2020: Use coronavirus rescue packages to fight climate change - UK adviser