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Thread: many smart and eloquent people articulating what coronavirus shows us about the climate crisis. We can find hope and use the economic recovery to build a sustainable and equitable future. #Coronavirus #ClimateCrisis #JustTransition #renewableenergy
Rebecca Solnit helps us see how to find hope. "A new awareness of how each of us belongs to the whole and depends on it may strengthen the case for meaningful climate action, as we learn that sudden and profound change is possible after all.” https://bit.ly/3ebFxDF
David Roberts offers concrete policy ideas to build the economy and address climate: "Investments should be geared toward bolstering, and attracting private investment to cleaner alternatives like renewable energy and electric vehicles." https://bit.ly/2RbnVy1
This is the approach supported overwhelmingly by Americans https://bit.ly/2RsWOhZ
And by @IEABirol, the former head of the International Energy Agency. https://bit.ly/2QNOGbH
“Once states transition from virus containment mode to recovery mode, decarbonization can actually be a driver of economic recovery, as opposed to a hindrance." https://bit.ly/2RrVITv
"Bold climate action could deliver at least $26 trillion in net global economic benefits between now and 2030 compared with business-as-usual according to the New Climate Economy." http://bit.ly/38Z8wqw
“While shoring up the economy from the coronavirus fallout, it’s responsible to address that future crisis, and help create millions of good-paying jobs in the clean energy sector while we’re at it.” https://bit.ly/3bnIMWq
@MiroBTV and @BurlingtonElec have already started Vermont on this path with their strong #ClimateLeadership. https://bit.ly/39Qs3tx
