Building Back Better: Post coronavirus economic recovery measures to cut emissions and improve environmental outcomes

The self-imposed economic slowdown, implemented as an essential measure to contain the spread of COVID-19, creates an opportunity to “build back better.”

The Andrews government can use the lockdown period and the following few months to accelerate economic activity that, over 1-2 years, helps deliver on other government commitments and that provides a range of environmental and climate-related co-benefits.

This document outlines many opportunities, covering:

• Reducing energy bills through efficiency, electrification and renewables;
• Modernising the energy grid, with a focus on accelerating the construction of new transmission lines;
• Bushfire recovery, both community-based and ecological;
• Environmental restoration, with a focus on habitat and landscape management;
• Sustainability opportunities in urban environments, including through improvements to public and active transport options.

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