Herculean global action to roll back the economic carnage of the coronavirus is about to bump into a new problem: climate change. With as much as $15 trillion in economic stimulus on offer – an unfathomable 17% of global GDP – we’ll see spending on a scale that will affect the earth’s climate no matter what.

Most of the spending is being raised in China, the European Union and the United States, the big three global emitters.

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Oil and gas markets are ensnared by oversupply and falling prices, not to mention a global pandemic. It illustrates the need to be more responsive to changes in the energy climate. And the good news is that the signs are pointing to more investment in renewables, specifically offshore wind power.

It’s a business decision that is also addressing climate change. A new report by Wood MacKenzie says that $211 billion will get invested in offshore wind over the next five years — something that is well-suited for oil and gas companies.

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