Covid-19 economic rescue plans must be green, say environmentalists

Campaigners urge governments to tie any bailouts to aviation and cruise industries to requirements for climate actionCoronavirus - latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe economic rescue packages to deal with the impact of the coronavirus must also be green, a growing chorus of environmental campaigners have urged, concerned that hasty measures will lock the world into a high-carbon future."Governments need to put huge amounts of money into trying to sustain jobs and livelihoods," said Mary Robinson, a former Irish president and UN high commissioner for human rights, who served twice as UN climate envoy. "But they must do it with a very strong green emphasis. The threat from climate change is as real as the threat from Covid-19, though it seems far away." Continue reading...