ABSTRACT
Stimulus packages must improve public health, be pollution-free and climate-safe, while avoiding locking in economic development patterns that will do permanent and escalating damage to the ecological systems that sustain all human health and livelihoods. Despite the now undeniable health impact of climate change, G20 governments have committed more than USD 300 billion (5) in stimulus funding to support fossil fuel energy since the pandemic started. (1) https://www.france24.com/fr/am%C3%A9riques/20210630-au-canada-une-canicule-historique-fait-plusieurs-dizaines-de-morts (2) https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/31/why-weare-calling-new-commitment-vaccine-equity-defeating-pandemic/ (3) https://www.who.int/news/item/13-06-2021-g7-announcespledges-of-870-million-covid-19-vaccine-doses-of-which-at-least-halfto-be-delivered-by-the-end-of-2021 (4) https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/whomanifesto-for-a-healthy-recovery-from-covid-19 (5) https://www.energypolicytracker.org/region/g20/ (6) https://www.who.int/health-topics/air-pollution#tab=tab_1 (7) https://www.iea.org/reports/net-zero-by-2050 (8) https://www.who.int/news/item/03-12-2019-dimate-risks-to-healthare-growing-but-prioritized-funding-lacking-to-safeguard-human-healthfrom-climate-change (9) https://www.who.int/initiatives/health-and-energy-platform-of-action (10) https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/cop26-health-programme