Here’s what the coronavirus pandemic can teach us about tackling climate change

Every aspect of our lives has been affected by the coronavirus. The global economy has slowed, people have retreated to their homes and thousands have died or become seriously ill.

We need to pay close attention and so understand what lessons
we can draw from COVID-19 crisis to apply to the climate crisis.

At this frightening stage of the crisis, it’s difficult to focus on anything else. But as the International Agency has said, the effects of coronavirus are likely to be temporary but the other global emergency – climate change – is not.

Stopping the spread of coronavirus is paramount, but climate action must also continue. And we can draw many lessons and opportunities from the current health crisis when tackling planetary warming.

Read the story from The Conversation by Natasha Chassagne - “Here’s what the coronavirus pandemic can teach us about tackling climate change.”