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There is no planet B: tackling climate change demands a sustainable, inclusive recovery from COVID-19

Wednesday 27 October 2021
1 min read
Adelina Comas-Herrera, Aaron Reeves, Alex Mayhew
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Over the last year LSE's Shaping the Post-COVID World initiative has explored the direction the world could, and should, be taking after the pandemic. In this first special summary piece, Bob Ward of LSE's Grantham Research Institute on Climate and the Environment looks back over the last year of discussions and, on the eve of COP26, sets out the actions governments must take now to ensure sustainable growth.

In this Shaping the Post-COVID World special summary piece, Bob Ward of LSE's Grantham Research Institute on Climate and the Environment looks back over the last year of discussions and, on the eve of COP26, sets out the actions governments must take now to ensure sustainable growth.

Read a plain text version on the LSE COVID-19 blog.

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Adelina Comas-Herrera

Assistant Professorial Research Fellow; GOLTC Director
Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC)
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Aaron Reeves

Professor of Sociology
Department of Sociology
Professor Aaron Reeves headshot, he is smiling against a black backdrop.

Dr Aaron Reeves is a Visiting Senior Fellow in the International Inequalities Institute at LSE. A sociologist with interests in public health, culture, and political economy, his research is focused on understanding the causes and consequences of social and economic inequality across countries.

Alex Mayhew

Assistant Professor
Department of International History
Alex Mayhew

Alex Mayhew is Assistant Professor in the Department of International History and an interdisciplinary historian of modern warfare. His current research examines the First World War in Mesopotamia and unrealized military technologies proposed during the conflict.

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