Can Coronavirus cool our climate?

Coronavirus, or more specifically COVID-19, is understandably dominating our thoughts and everyday lives right now. Staying safe and saving as many lives as possible are, quite rightly, top priority for our governments. But buried away in the back rooms of power, teams of bureaucrats are also trying to agree exactly what policies to employ as we come out of this pandemic, and whether we might actually have a once in a lifetime opportunity to reshape the way we run our societies.



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https://medium.com/@green_stimulus_now/green-stimulus-in-the-press-17b69d5e3e0c

https://www.tomtom.com/en_gb/traffic-index/london-traffic/

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https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/490318-trump-administration-rolls-back-obama-era-fuel-efficiency-standards

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/10/coronavirus-could-cause-fall-in-global-co2-emissions

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/oil-gas/indias-fuel-demand-drops-11-in-march-as-coronavirus-hits-aviation-transport/articleshow/74711994.cms

https://energyandcleanair.org/janata-curfew-pollution-levels/

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