Andrijevic et al. (Policy Forum, 16 October 2020, p.298) claim that "low-carbon investments to put the world on an ambitious track toward net zero carbon dioxide emissions by mid-century are dwarfed by currently announced COVID-19 stimulus funds. " } We argue that this short-sighted and public investment-led view misrepresents the grand challenges that climate change  entails.
It has been claimed that a small subset of COVID-19 public stimulus packages is sufficient to meet the short-term energy investment needs to leverage a shift toward a pathway consistent with the 1.5 \deg}C target of the Paris Agreement. We argue that this short-sighted and public investment-led view misrepresents the grand challenges that climate change mitigation entails.
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Andrijevic et al. (Policy Forum, 16 October 2020, p.298) claim that "low-carbon investments to put the world on an ambitious track toward net zero carbon dioxide emissions by mid-century are dwarfed by currently announced
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