Listen to Climate Solutions’ award-winning first season for a checklist of things you can do to stop climate change, our second season to find out what 30 000 people across Europe, the US and China say they would give up to solve the climate crisis, and our third season to find out how we will finance the fight against climate change.

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Our lives have changed with the coronavirus crisis. But have they changed forever? In Does This Change Everything? European Investment Bank experts examine the implications of the COVID-19 crisis for sectors from education and digitalisation to urban mobility and medicine—and for your everyday life.

To find out what coronavirus means for climate change and the fight against it, we spoke to Nancy Saich, chief climate change expert at the European Investment Bank, the EU Bank. 

How does coronavirus impact climate action? Does the response to the crisis show that big threats like climate change really can be beaten? Find out from our climate change expert.

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To find out what coronavirus means for the privacy of your data, we spoke to Dennis Kessler, head of the data governance unit at the European Investment Bank, the EU Bank. 

How does coronavirus impact data privacy? If we give up private information to help fight COVID-19, can we be sure it won’t be misused? Find out from our data privacy expert.

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To quote the Hungarian scientist Albert Szent-Györgyi, the man who discovered vitamin C, “Research is four things: brains with which to think; eyes with which to see; machines with which to measure; and, fourth, money.” What machines, money, and more importantly, cooperation is needed to further the research of doctors and clinicians already working around the clock to treat COVID-19 patients? Find out from Marcin Golec, a medical doctor and health economist at the European Investment Bank.

Coronavirus medical research financing means better support for doctors and clinicians treating patients. But where does it come from? Find out from our health care expert.

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To find out what the coronavirus means for public infrastructure run by public-private partnerships that has been hit by the lockdown, we spoke to Julia Kennedy at the European PPP Expertise Centre in the European Investment Bank.

How does the coronavirus impact public-private partnerships? What will happen to the many projects for hospitals, schools, roads, airports hit by the lockdown? Find out from one of our experts.

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We’re speaking with Christian Elias, the European Investment Bank’s head of unit for public sector operations in East and Southern Africa. 

What happens if the coronavirus hits developing countries, where healthcare is a luxury? Find out from our development expert.

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To find out what coronavirus means for the public sector, we spoke to Marcin Golec, a medical doctor and health care economist with the European Investment Bank’s life sciences division. Golec talks about how digitalisation could help health care services evaluate the effectiveness of treatments faster, for the current pandemic and for non-communicable diseases like diabetes and cancer.

How will coronavirus impact digitalisation of health care? Will digitalisation change health services in the future? Find out from our health care expert.

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We spoke to Benoit Denis, the European Investment Bank’s senior economist in digital infrastructure. 

With our lives turning digital, coronavirus may have accelerated a revolution. But we need to make sure no-one gets left behind. 

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To find out what coronavirus means for the private credit market, we spoke to Francesco Battazzi, head of diversified debt funds at the European Investment Fund. 

How does coronavirus impact private credit? Can SMEs look to alternative lenders for help during the COVID-19 crisis? Find out from our private credit expert

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To find out what coronavirus means for small businesses, we spoke to Anna Fusari, who is the European Investment Bank’s head of division for banks and corporates in the Adriatic Sea region. The reason we’re speaking about small businesses with someone who lends to banks is that the European Investment Bank finances small businesses through local banks. Additionally, Anna has been working hard on the EIB’s response to help SMEs affected by COVID-19. 

For SMEs, coronavirus created a demand and supply shock that squeezes small businesses between falling demand and paying the rent. How can they survive? 

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To find out what coronavirus means for the capital markets, we spoke to Eila Kreivi, director of capital markets at the European Investment Bank, the EU Bank. 

How does coronavirus impact capital markets? Can bond markets function in the face of this economic crisis? Find out from our capital markets expert.

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To find out what coronavirus means for airline travel, we spoke to Doramas Calderon, lead economist in the Air, Maritime and Innovative Transport Division at the European Investment Bank, the EU Bank.

The airline industry has been among the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. How’s that going to change the future of air transport? 

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To find out what coronavirus means for the public sector, we spoke to Tunde Szabo, a health care economist with the European Investment Bank’s life sciences division. Szabo, who is recovering from the coronavirus, talks about her own experience and the strain coronavirus has put on hospitals.

What is it like to battle the coronavirus in Madrid, one of the hardest-hit European cities? How does coronavirus impact hospital infrastructure for the future? Find out from our health care expert

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To find out what coronavirus means for the public sector, we spoke to Aris Pofantis, lead engineer in the Digitalisation and Small Businesses division at the European Investment Bank, the EU bank.

For small business digitalization, coronavirus might have a big impact. Will it push them to become digital faster? Find out from our digitalisation expert.

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To find out what coronavirus means for the public sector, we spoke to Frank Lee, head of the European Investment Advisory Hub at the European Investment Bank. The Advisory Hub is a one-stop shop that helps people plan projects and find the right financing. 

How does the coronavirus impact planning for hospitals, police, transport and other public services? Is this a time for city planners to put on the brakes or seek more aid? Find out from our public finance expert.

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To find out what coronavirus means for education, we spoke to Anna Canato, head of education and public research at the European Investment Bank, the EU bank.

How does the coronavirus impact education for our children? Will it change the way schools and colleges work? Find out from our education expert.

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To find out what coronavirus means in the area of pandemic preparedness and fighting infectious diseases, we spoke to Shiva Dustdar, head of the Innovation Finance Advisory division at the European Investment Bank, the EU bank.

We have the science to prepare for the next pandemic. Coronavirus may provide the motivation to change how we fight infectious diseases in the future.

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