4 ways our COVID-19 recovery can tackle climate change and global inequality

Sep 18, 2020

Victoria Acarapi holds a figure of the coronavirus and a llama fetus as part of an offering during the Pachamama (Mother Earth) month at the witches market, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in La Paz, Bolivia August 1, 2020. Picture taken August 1, 2020. REUTERS/David Mercado TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC2J6I9G3XZ6

COVID-19 could double the number of people facing acute hunger to 265 million. Image: REUTERS/David Mercado

David Waskow

Director, International Climate Initiative

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