{"id":14053,"date":"2021-09-20T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.gstic.org\/?p=14053"},"modified":"2022-03-18T09:16:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T08:16:44","slug":"could-the-circular-economy-be-a-vaccine-against-pandemics-like-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.gstic.org\/expert-story\/could-the-circular-economy-be-a-vaccine-against-pandemics-like-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Circular economy as a vaccine against pandemics like COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
One of the best ways for the world to build resilience against future pandemics and the impact of climate change is to move to a circular economy. This means designing products and materials from waste and pollution and keeping them in use, and regenerating natural systems so that the resources of the planet aren\u2019t exhausted. A change in the way products are made and used could reduce the level of global greenhouse gas emissions by up to 45%, and make a critical contribution to mitigating the impending climate crisis.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n