The COVID-19 pandemic required health responses beyond the normal functioning of cities.
Achieving net zero emissions also requires significant action on city and national scales which can also be justified by health impacts. Given these potential impacts, modelling pathways to net-zero emissions could benefit from accounting for learnings from the pandemic.
Seven opportunities have been highlighted to build a positive legacy from COVID-19 [1]. In addition, multi-sectorial modelling has assessed pathways to net zero emissions in electricity supply, transport, housing, food and diet [2] using life tables.
DPU News Issue 76
Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Resilience in East Africa: Southern Perspectives
15 Apr 2025
Directing Growth: How a mission-oriented industrial strategy can help drive productivity
Authored by Mariana Mazzucato
10 Apr 2025
Imaginative landscapes of Islamist politics: An introduction to takhayyul
New article by Sertaç Sehlikoglu examines the term 'takhayyul (tahayyul/تخيل)' to study imaginative elements in populist Islamist movements.
07 Apr 2025