Climate & COVID-19

The way humanity has responded to the coronavirus pandemic -- in both good and bad ways -- offers pointers for dealing with the even greater threat of the climate crisis, say virologists and climatologists.

Experts say increases in single-use plastic waste in particular threaten ‘recent gains’ in addressing a ‘major environmental problem’

Transit agencies ask Congress for relief as commuters return to their cars and fare revenues tank. Meanwhile, driving direction requests—and carbon emissions—soar.

A growing number of National Academy of Science members sign a statement decrying the Trump administration’s “denigration of scientific expertise."

"People wanted so much for there to be dolphins in the canals in Venice."

Rhiana Gunn-Wright, a climate policy director and architect of the Green New Deal, explains the connections between the pandemic and the climate crisis.

The volatile political conditions created by the coronavirus may matter more than a temporary downturn in carbon emissions.

Coronavirus emissions cuts are just a drop in climate change’s bucket

Why does an invisible, life-threatening virus prompt a nationwide emergency, but invisible, life-threatening gases don’t? Experts have been emphasizing the d...

History shows the aftermath of plagues have brought about radical transformations for societies. So what changes could come in the aftermath of COVID-19?

In response to the ongoing lockdown and in an effort to continue the conversation about the climate crisis, we’ve taken Climate Cocktail Club online. Here's ...

A catastrophic loss in biodiversity, reckless destruction of wildland and warming temperatures have allowed disease to explode. Ignoring the connection between climate change and pandemics would be “dangerous delusion,” one scientist said.

The next several months could bring hurricanes, floods and fire, on top of the pandemic currently raging through the country. How do you shelter in place during an evacuation?

The parallels between the COVID-19 crisis and climate change are obvious. But those parallels mostly reveal just how different the two challenges are.

As habitat and biodiversity loss increase globally, the coronavirus outbreak may be just the beginning of mass pandemics

These are big changes. Can we make them again? Will we want to?

Former president tells Americans to ‘demand better of our government’ as Trump announces environmental deregulation amid coronavirus crisis

COVID-19 is slowing economies and emissions, and experts say greener criteria could help avert future outbreaks.

Lockdowns and distancing won’t save the world from warming. But amid this crisis, we have a chance to build a better future.

Chris Field, faculty director at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University, discusses the challenges of predicting extinction in a rapidly warming world -- including how global

A common question I'm getting these days is, what does #COVID19 or #coronavirus have to do with climate change? The short answer is, very little; but the long answer is, everything is related. This thread explains ...— Prof. Katharine Hayhoe (@KHayhoe) March 16, 2020

"Electricity has not gone away, the internet is still going strong, and power generation is a third of the carbon emissions.”

When their generation’s health is at risk and they get a little dose of fear…they spring into action.

When the COVID-19 pandemic is past, societies may adopt some important measures that would lower emissions, from more teleconferencing to shortening global supply chains. But the most lasting lesson may be what the coronavirus teaches us about the urgency of taking swift action.

What would a fast, coordinated, collective response to climate change look like?

By Jane McGonigal, Ph.D., IFTF Director of Game Research and Development

As habitat and biodiversity loss increase globally, the coronavirus outbreak may be just the beginning of mass pandemics

Writers and reporters offer insights on the comparisons between two urgent global problems.

Something changed recently when I saw a map comparing the air over China before and after the country went into lockdown for the…

Air pollution makes people more vulnerable to respiratory infections; climate change brings people in closer contact with animals that can spread disease.