1. Infrastructure investment must incorporate Nature’s lessons in a rapidly changing world
- Author
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Ariana E. Sutton-Grier, Emily Corwin, Jens Figlus, Mike Donahue, Elizabeth Losos, Lydia Olander, Michael W. Beck, Borja G. Reguero, Hans Pietersen, Don McNeill, Nigel Pontee, Donald R. Nelson, Brian P. Bledsoe, Rachel K. Gittman, Todd Guidry, Siddharth Narayan, Brian R. Silliman, Robert Costanza, Rusty A. Feagin, Todd S. Bridges, Q. Lodder, Carter S. Smith, Susana Ferreira, and Rowan Palmer
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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Global climate ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,Context (language use) ,010501 environmental sciences ,Investment (macroeconomics) ,01 natural sciences ,Dual (category theory) ,Politics ,13. Climate action ,11. Sustainability ,Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) ,Business ,Economic system ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,General Environmental Science - Abstract
Summary Infrastructure must become more resilient as the global climate changes and also more affordable in the economic and political context of a post-COVID world. We can solve this dual challenge and drive global infrastructure investment into a more sustainable direction by taking our cues from Nature.
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- 2021