The outbreak of COVID-19 resulted in a serious economic contraction. The design of economic recovery packages could impact countries’ trajectories towards a sustainable low-carbon economy. This paper investigates the impacts of green recovery packages on the climate, i.e., mitigation...

This very short book chapter provides an overview of how the COVID-19 pandemic has already impacted climate emissions, the potential long-term effects on emissions, and already adopted and proposed green stimulus programs in the U.S. and elsewhere. Experience from the 2008 financial crisis...