How different COVID-19 recovery paths affect human health, environmental sustainability, and food affordability: a modelling study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic arrived at a time of faltering global poverty reduction and increasing levels of diet-related diseases, both of which have a strong link to poor outcomes for those with COVID-19. Governments responded to the pandemic by placing unprecedented restrictions on internal and external movements, which have resulted in an economic contraction. In response to the economic shock, G20 governments have committed to providing US$14 trillion stimuli to support economic recovery. We aimed to assess the impact of different COVID-19 recovery paths on human health, environmental sustainability, and food sustainability.

Methods

We used LandSyMM, a global gridded land use change model, to analyse the impact of recovery paths from COVID-19. The paths were illust

SUBMITTER: Maire J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9259001 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature