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Coronavirus: A Better Environment for the Earth?

Coronavirus has led to reduced pollution, falling carbon emissions, all an environmentalists dream. But will it continue and will we see long lasting environmental change?

Coronavirus has led to reduced pollution, falling carbon emissions, re-emerging wildlife: all an environmentalists dream. But will it continue and will we see long lasting environmental change? There are mountains of food going to waste, unrecyclable waste rising daily; severe cuts in agricultural and fishery export levels, while the maintenance and monitoring of natural ecosystems has been temporarily halted; and tourism activity to natural areas has ceased. So what action will and should the world take next? Join Zeinab Badawi, her panel of experts and a global audience putting their questions Panel Inger Andersen Executive Director UN Environment Programme Lily Cole Super model, Actor, Activist and Writer, mostly recent author of Who Cares Wins: Reasons For Optimism in Our Changing World.

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