REORIENTING THE POST-CORONAVIRUS ECONOMY FOR ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY
Juliet Bennett
Abstract
The increase in zoonotic viruses (transferring from animals to humans) from SARS to Ebola, HIV, Zika (Bell 'et al.' 2004) and now COVID-19 is inextricably linked to humanity's continuing expansion and impact on the planet. Climate chaos resulting from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions accumulating in the atmosphere is predicted to amplify the future pandemics, socio-economic and ecological crises (Watts et al. 2018). Tackling the roots of the COVID-19 pandemic calls into question the industrialised socio-political-economic systems that assume limitless growth in consumption and production. The urge to 'return to normal' remains stuck in growth economics. Meanwhile innovative cities like Amsterdam and countries such as New Zealand embrace contextual alternatives. This article identifies a few ways that Australia may reorientate their economy for post-coronavirus (and post-bushfires) recovery so to help prevent future pandemics and ecological catastrophes associated with a return to business-as-usual.
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Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40
| F · citation impact | 0.35 × 0.4 = 0.14 |
| M · momentum | 0.78 × 0.15 = 0.12 |
| V · venue signal | 0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03 |
| R · text relevance † | 0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20 |
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