The pandemic gave the world a golden opportunity to fix the climate crisis. We’re about to waste it.

Article by Ivana Kottasov√°, Swati Gupta and Helen Regan. CNN.

September 2020.

Covid-19 has devastated the global economy and forced governments around the world to pour trillions into the recovery effort. The pandemic could have been the decisive moment in the fight against climate change -- an opportunity for leaders to bail out the environment and pivot the planet toward a greener future. Instead, CNN has found that some of the biggest fossil fuel-producing countries are injecting taxpayer money into propping up polluting industries. And exclusive new data shows these decisions are taking the world a step closer to a climate catastrophe.