Over 150 global firms urge govts to align Covid aid with climate science

The statement comes as governments around the world are preparing trillions of dollars worth of stimulus packages to help economies recover from the impacts of the coronavirus

A total of 155 companies with a combined market capitalisation of over 2.4 trillion dollars and representing over five million employees have signed a statement urging governments around the world to align their Covid-19 economic aid and recovery efforts with the latest climate science.

As debates on recovery packages around the world ramp up in the coming weeks, the companies which are all part of the Science Based Targets initiative are calling for policies that will build resilience against future shocks by supporting efforts to hold global temperature rise to within 1.5 degrees Celcius above pre-industrial levels in line with reaching