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5 lessons from the pandemic to tackle the climate crisis
5 lessons from the pandemic to tackle the climate crisis
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.
·cnn.com·
5 lessons from the pandemic to tackle the climate crisis
The Coronavirus Is Causing a Boom in Household Waste
The Coronavirus Is Causing a Boom in Household Waste
Experts say increases in single-use plastic waste in particular threaten ‘recent gains’ in addressing a ‘major environmental problem’
·onezero.medium.com·
The Coronavirus Is Causing a Boom in Household Waste
How Covid-19 Made it Easier to Talk About Climate Change
How Covid-19 Made it Easier to Talk About Climate Change
Rhiana Gunn-Wright, a climate policy director and architect of the Green New Deal, explains the connections between the pandemic and the climate crisis.
·nytimes.com·
How Covid-19 Made it Easier to Talk About Climate Change
Could the Pandemic Be a Climate Turning Point?
Could the Pandemic Be a Climate Turning Point?
The volatile political conditions created by the coronavirus may matter more than a temporary downturn in carbon emissions.
·nymag.com·
Could the Pandemic Be a Climate Turning Point?
INVISIBLE THREATS: COVID-19 AND CLIMATE CHANGE
INVISIBLE THREATS: COVID-19 AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Why does an invisible, life-threatening virus prompt a nationwide emergency, but invisible, life-threatening gases don’t? Experts have been emphasizing the d...
·youtube.com·
INVISIBLE THREATS: COVID-19 AND CLIMATE CHANGE
What will be the new normals after the coronavirus pandemic?
What will be the new normals after the coronavirus pandemic?
History shows the aftermath of plagues have brought about radical transformations for societies. So what changes could come in the aftermath of COVID-19?
·cbsnews.com·
What will be the new normals after the coronavirus pandemic?
How Climate Change Is Contributing to Skyrocketing Rates of…
How Climate Change Is Contributing to Skyrocketing Rates of…
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.
·propublica.org·
How Climate Change Is Contributing to Skyrocketing Rates of…
Climate Change Won’t Stop for the Coronavirus Pandemic
Climate Change Won’t Stop for the Coronavirus Pandemic
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?
·propublica.org·
Climate Change Won’t Stop for the Coronavirus Pandemic
Why the COVID-19 Response Is No Model for Climate Action
Why the COVID-19 Response Is No Model for Climate Action
The parallels between the COVID-19 crisis and climate change are obvious. But those parallels mostly reveal just how different the two challenges are.
·thebreakthrough.org·
Why the COVID-19 Response Is No Model for Climate Action
Coronavirus is curbing carbon emissions
Coronavirus is curbing carbon emissions
COVID-19 is slowing economies and emissions, and experts say greener criteria could help avert future outbreaks.
·aljazeera.com·
Coronavirus is curbing carbon emissions
How Coronavirus Disruption Foreshadows Climate Disruption
How Coronavirus Disruption Foreshadows Climate Disruption
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
·climateone.org·
How Coronavirus Disruption Foreshadows Climate Disruption
Prof. Katharine Hayhoe on Twitter
Prof. Katharine Hayhoe on Twitter
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
·twitter.com·
Prof. Katharine Hayhoe on Twitter
Coronavirus Holds Key Lessons on How to Fight Climate Change
Coronavirus Holds Key Lessons on How to Fight Climate Change
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.
·e360.yale.edu·
Coronavirus Holds Key Lessons on How to Fight Climate Change
Is Covid-19 the Silver Bullet For a Stable Climate?
Is Covid-19 the Silver Bullet For a Stable Climate?
Something changed recently when I saw a map comparing the air over China before and after the country went into lockdown for the…
·medium.com·
Is Covid-19 the Silver Bullet For a Stable Climate?