Climate Change Has Lessons for Fighting the Coronavirus

Sat, 21 Mar 2020 05:13:17 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/climate/climate-change-coronavirus-lessons.html>

"Scientists like Dr. Cobb have, for years, urged world leaders to bend
the curve of planet-warming emissions. Instead, emissions have raced
upward. Now the consequences are being felt: a three-month-long flood in
the Florida Keys, wildfires across a record hot and dry Australia,
deadly heat waves in Europe.

Gernot Wagner, a climate economist at New York University, called the
virus “climate change on warp speed.”

Why have we not taken climate risks to heart? Politics and psychology
play a role."

Via Robert Sanscartier and Paul Ferguson.

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/             Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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