Can a Clean Energy Economy Zero Out Health Inequalities?

Though we may not know the final social, health, or economic costs of COVID-19’s devastating and unequal fallout over the coming decades, we can begin to forecast and prepare for a greener and cleaner economy. However, we shouldn’t rely on economists alone to tell us what the cost of all the death, disease, and suffering have been. We must seriously consider whether the cost can also lead to gains made in our climate response, since we are still so far from our goal and have so little time to get there.