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.