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Health and sustainability in post-pandemic economic policies

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Governments are deciding on measures to help economies recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, but, as in previous crises, a narrow focus on fighting the recession could have adverse effects on the environment and health. We suggest that health and sustainability should be at the heart of the economic response.

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  1. University of Naples Federico II, DISES, CSEF, Naples, Italy

    Carla Guerriero

  2. Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

    Andy Haines

  3. University of Naples Federico II, CSEF, EIEF, CEPR, and ECGI, Naples, Italy

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Guerriero, C., Haines, A. & Pagano, M. Health and sustainability in post-pandemic economic policies. Nat Sustain 3, 494–496 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-0563-0

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