Full Title: Climate-Forward: How Green Investment Can Stimulate Our Economy Today and Sustain Long-Term Growth
Author(s): Roosevelt Institute
Publisher(s): Roosevelt Institute
Publication Date: January 29, 2021
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Description (excerpt):
Too often, lawmakers trap themselves in a false binary of fighting climate change or supporting economic growth.
But as A Green Recovery: The Case for Climate-Forward Stimulus Policies in America’s COVID-19 Recession Response explains, economic policies and climate policies are inextricably linked.All stimulus funds, even those not explicitly related to climate or emissions (known as “climate-blind”), have the potential to impact the climate, just as climate policies have the potential to undermine or amplify the efficacy of government stimulus.
A “green” stimulus that invests in renewable energy and other affirmative decarbonization efforts would provide:
- Immediate relief, immediate payoff
- Growth that lasts
- A better recovery