Covid-19 and the climate crisis are part of the same battle

To survive the challenges we must reinforce respect for science and nature, sensible public policy and the interconnected worldFrom early on in the Covid-19 pandemic, a common refrain has been, "At least maybe now we will get serious about addressing climate change." One can certainly see the logic behind this thinking. The terrible toll the pandemic has taken should remind us of the importance of three things that are also necessary to tackle global warming: science, public policy, and international cooperation.We should therefore listen to the scientists who have been warning for decades that unchecked greenhouse-gas emissions would have severe environmental consequences. The fact that some of these consequences - including wildfires, cyclones, and even a plague of locusts in Africa - have dramatically appeared in the same year as Covid-19 would seem to reinforce the message. Continue reading...