The Climate Briefing: Coronavirus and Climate Change

How could COVID-19 change our approach to environmental issues?

Audio

Published 13 May 2020

Updated 14 October 2020 — 20 minute listen

Professor Tim Benton

Former Distinguished Fellow, Environment and Society Centre

In this bonus episode Tim Benton speaks to Anna about the environmental implications of COVID-19.

How might manmade pressures on the environment have contributed to the emergence of the virus? What are the environmental impacts of the virus-driven economic slowdown? And how can we rebuild society in a more sustainable way in the wake of this crisis?