Can COVID-19 create a turning point in the fight against climate change?
The coronavirus is doing things that the climate activists have been long wishing for.
It is official. COVID-19 is no longer just a simple disease outbreak or epidemic in the global south. It is a global pandemic that threatens all nations.
Countries are still struggling with diagnosing the affected people and the scale of the problem is still unknown. But we know that most of the countries have been affected and the global death toll has been frustratingly high. The coronavirus is expected to spread to many people in the next few months. Most people will survive but many will die.
What doesn’t kill us is supposed to make us stronger. Just like other extreme events, this public health crisis will provide some opportunities. We are being taught how to properly wash our hands and how to protect ourselves from infection in public spaces; governments are learning about the deficiencies in their health and emergency response systems; medical scientists are finding access to big sources of funding to explore this new problem; and companies working on coronavirus treatments or vaccines can make huge profits.
How about climate change?
