Today marks the 46^th World Environment Day, the theme for which this year is biodiversity – meaning the variety and variability of natural life on Earth. However, the day will be marked somewhat differently this year, as the world faces challenges which would have been unimaginable even a couple of months ago.

While this picture might not be so rosy, there is perhaps one small silver lining to take from this all and that is the prospect of emerging from this crisis with a greener economy than ever. For too many years decision makers and business leaders around the world have paid only lip service to the challenges that climate change presents, failing to take the sort of radical action which is going to truly alter the way society operates for the better. Our response to covid-19 has the potential to change that.

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