The (not so) green recovery: New report warns world is failing to `build back better`
(WorldNews Environment)

The fiscal spending plans of major economies in the wake of the coronavirus crisis have fallen far short of ensuring the recovery from the crisis does not exacerbate ongoing climate and nature crises, with just one in every $40 committed by governments in the wake of the pandemic set to deliver a positive impact for the planet. That is the bleak headline from a major report published this week by the United Nations Environment Program and Oxford`s Economic Recovery Project, which warns policymakers are missing out on the `greatest chance we have had so far` to redirect the upward trajectory of global greenhouse gas emissions and put the world on track for meeting the 2030 Sustainable...