Seizing the moment: how Australia can build a green economy from the Covid-19 wreckage

As the government prepares plans for economic recovery, investors and green groups alike say this is a once-only opportunity to move towards zero emissionsThis is the first a new series, The Green Recovery, looking at the environmental challenges of a post-pandemic worldThere is a growing case that recovery from the coronavirus offers Australia a chance to succeed where it has failed for more than a decade: to break away from the climate wars and head in a new direction.Here and overseas, the idea of helping jumpstart an economic rebuild after the pandemic-forced shutdown by also tackling the other great existential challenge of the time is gaining currency across the political spectrum. Continue reading...