Icebreaker One – Why getting data infrastructure right is so important to any green Covid-19 recovery plan

Author - Nick Tyrone

As well as vital physical infrastructure, we need the right data infrastructure to navigate the climate crisis – and particularly to tie it together with Covid-19 economic recovery. Having better data available would help every part of economic Covid-19 recovery: at a national government level, where having better information to hand would elevate every part of the Whitehall decision making process; at local level, where being better informed would allow councils to make the right calls on green recovery; in the private sector, in allowing companies to make educated choices.