Seize the day: opportunities and costs in the COVID-19 crisis
2021
4
e10
1-5
epidemic disease ; sustainable development ; environmental pollution ; public opinion
Environment
https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2021.9
English
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"The thesis of this paper is that the COVID-19 crisis creates opportunities for fundamental change towards a more sustainable economy, for two reasons: structural change in the economy and a change in public opinion. The paper identifies how the COVID-19 crisis accelerates six processes of change that can be leveraged in policy making. With a focus on the Netherlands, it argues for activist government policy because of the tipping-point nature of the economic system in the crisis."
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