Climate change might have been momentarily nudged from its position at the top of the political and corporate agendas by COVID-19, but one likely longer term impact of the pandemic could be to accelerate the trend of investment towards low and zero carbon infrastructure projects. Governments will be in a strong position to insist on lower carbon returns on the huge economic relief infrastructure and building investments that they and the private sector will make as the world now strives to alleviate the economic impacts of the pandemic.
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