Recovering from Coronavirus: Green Solutions for a Brighter Future

The text advocates for a 'green' economic recovery following the Covid-19 pandemic, suggesting that investments in renewable energy and sustainable transport create more jobs than the oil and gas sector. It highlights specific examples of sustainable shifts in Amsterdam, Bogota, and the UK, and calls for government investment in public transport and green energy over fossil fuel subsidies.

• Investments in green energy and infrastructure generate significantly more employment per million dollars than the oil and gas industry in the United States; specifically, oil and gas create five jobs, while energy-saving building retrofits create 17, mass transit 22, wind 13, and solar 14.
• The pandemic caused significant financial losses for the oil and gas sector, with major companies losing 45% of their value on average since the start of 2020, while petrochemical and plastic industries faced disruptions from falling demand and oil price volatility.
• Various cities and countries are implementing sustainable changes: Amsterdam has adopted the "Doughnut Model" to balance human needs and planetary health, Bogota has expanded bike lanes and seen increased cycling, and in the UK, there are calls to prioritize internet bandwidth over new road construction.

APA

Contributor, C. (2020). Recovering from Coronavirus: Green Solutions for a Brighter Future. ClimaTalk. https://climatalk.org/2020/05/21/recovering-from-coronavirus-green-solutions-for-a-brighter-future/

Chicago

Contributor, ClimaTalk. Recovering from Coronavirus: Green Solutions for a Brighter Future. ClimaTalk, 2020. https://climatalk.org/2020/05/21/recovering-from-coronavirus-green-solutions-for-a-brighter-future/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{contributor2020recovering, author = {Contributor, ClimaTalk}, title = {{Recovering from Coronavirus: Green Solutions for a Brighter Future}}, publisher = {ClimaTalk}, year = {2020}, month = may, url = {https://climatalk.org/2020/05/21/recovering-from-coronavirus-green-solutions-for-a-brighter-future/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }