Since Covid-19 first emerged and spread in late 2019, people around the world have been facing the biggest healthcare crises in decades as the coronavirus keeps spreading and mutating, leaving a trail of severe illnesses and deaths, overwhelming healthcare systems.
The massive public health crisis has also unexpectedly thrust the focus on the most critical environmental challenges: climate change and the loss of biodiversity. The scant regard for biodiversity is strongly believed to be linked to the public health crises spawned by newly emerging diseases, possibly including Covid-19.
The stunning environmental phenomena have led to serious discussions and the search for solutions to the challenges among academics and policymakers, who have seriously begun to explore new approaches and paths for a more sustainable and resilient society, especially in the post-Covid-19 period.
Buzz words like ”Build Back Better” ”Build Back Greener”, “Build Back Better for World”, and, of course, ”Green Recovery”, are now gaining momentum and getting more serious attention from policymakers and academics.
To broaden the horizons of knowledge and understanding related to the challenges we are facing, Bangkok Tribune is inviting thinkers, experts and policymakers from various professions and fields, both here and abroad, to share their insights, knowledge and views in a newly launched column: Green Recovery and Beyond.