{"id":11830,"date":"2020-06-30T16:54:10","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T20:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/?p=11830"},"modified":"2025-01-29T18:37:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T23:37:13","slug":"more-urgency-not-less-the-covid-19-pandemics-lessons-for-local-climate-leadership-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/2020\/06\/30\/more-urgency-not-less-the-covid-19-pandemics-lessons-for-local-climate-leadership-report\/","title":{"rendered":"More Urgency, Not Less: The COVID-19 Pandemic\u2019s Lessons for Local Climate Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>COVID-19 made climate action more urgent, not less<\/em><\/p>\n<p>By Jacqueline Ashmore, Ardeth Barnhart, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/profile\/cutler-cleveland\/\">Cutler Cleveland<\/a>, Peter Fox-Penner (Institute for Sustainable Energy, now IGS); Peter Plastrik, John Cleveland (Innovation Network for Communities); Joyce Coffee (Climate Resilience Consulting)<\/p>\n<p>June 2020<\/p>\n<p>As local government leaders grapple with economic recovery post-COVID-19, there is concern resources have been or will be diverted from climate actions and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction. The <em>COVID &amp; Climate: What&#8217;s Next for Cities?<\/em> research series surveyed hundreds of reports, articles, blogs, and other materials on the links between COVD-19 and climate change found there is more public urgency, not less, for climate action following the pandemic and offers key lessons for city leadership. (First report in the three-part series).<\/p>\n<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/files\/2020\/09\/covid19-pandemics-lessons-for-local-climate-leadership-june2020-updated.pdf' class='button '>Download Report<\/a>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Key Takeaways<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Focus beyond the COVID-19 crisis and maintain and boost climate-action momentum, because the risks and costs will only grow if action is delayed.<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Act to prepare your communities for climate change and GHG reduction; walking away from or delaying crucial climate actions risks disastrous and inequitable local consequences.<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Enhance local climate action by building on residents\u2019 and businesses\u2019 behavior changes during the pandemic response that reduce emissions and enhance resiliency.<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Maximize the local economic and community benefits of an economic recovery that drives business and job expansion, improves personal and public health, reduces GHG emissions, strengthens climate resilience, and improves social equity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Download Report Series<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/research\/reports-papers\/more-urgency-not-less-the-covid-19-pandemics-lessons-for-local-climate-leadership\/\">More Urgency, Not Less: The COVID-19 Pandemic\u2019s Lessons for Local Climate Leadership<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/research\/reports-papers\/climate-of-crisis-how-cities-can-use-climate-action-to-close-the-equity-gap-drive-economic-recovery-and-improve-public-health\/\">Climate of Crisis: How Cities Can Use Climate Action to Close the Equity Gap, Drive Economic Recovery, and Improve Public Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/research\/reports-papers\/a-survey-of-north-american-city-climate-leaders-the-prospects-for-climate-action-in-the-covid-19-era\/\">A Survey of North American City Climate Leaders: The Prospects for Climate Action in the COVID-19 Era<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IGS Research | June 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[690,332],"tags":[653,672,670,68,210,59,646],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11830"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11830"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21202,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11830\/revisions\/21202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/igs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}