A GREEN RECOVERY: the case for a climate stimulus
In this episode:
We’re talking about the potential for a green stimulus to help power the economic recovery from coronavirus. Economist Michael Jacobs makes the case about why investment in green projects can boost the economy and drive the transition to net zero. Hannah Martin explains what Green New Deal UK are calling for as we emerge from the crisis. And LSE’s Nick Robins talks through lessons from green investment after the financial crisis.
Guests
Hannah Martin (@Hannah_RM), co-executive director of the Green New Deal UK campaign
Nick Robins (@NVJRobins1), professor in practice of sustainable finance at the London School of Economics Grantham Institute
More info
Need for a green stimulus
FT: The UK economic fallout from coronavirus in numbers (Apr 2020)
FT: Coronavirus: why central bankers say it is time for fiscal stimulus (Mar 2020)
NEF: Recession Ready - A Green Plan to Beat Tomorrow’s Downturn (Jan 2020)
350.org: Principles for a Just Recovery from COVID-19 (Mar 2020)
Huff Post: Hannah Martin: Coronavirus shows elites are wreaking havoc (Mar 2020)
Financing the recovery
UN: How responsible investors should respond to the coronavirus crisis (Mar 2020)
Nick Robins: A climate for recovery: Analysis of 2008 green stimulus (Feb 2009)