Stimulus
Turning new economic stimulus packages green is the biggest opportunity for creating a sustainability tipping point since the 2008 financial crisis. In the EU, the stimulus plan is €750 billion and the government has already stated it will support sustainable growth and a green transition. No such assurances have been given for America’s $2 trillion stimulus. Even a call by Democrats to make the $250 billion airline bailout conditional on carbon emission reductions was ignored. Obama’s 2008 stimulus plan included significant investments in job-creating green energy and infrastructure. If spend we must, let the spending create a better future.
— Wayne Visser
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