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18 Aug 2020, 14:16
Alex Dziadosz

Covid-19 offers lessons for climate policy - report

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The Covid-19 pandemic can offer insights into how to cope with the climate change crisis in terms of risk management and policy reaction,聽. The pandemic illustrated that a combination of government action and individual lifestyle changes can effectively limit damages from crises like the coronavirus outbreak,聽co-author Sabine Gabrysch says in a press release. Keeping聽鈥渞eaction time鈥澛爐o a minimum can help avert public health crises, and the principle could be applied to climate change policy, the authors write. PIK director and co-author Johan Rockstr枚m pointed out that New Zealand and Germany were able to both effectively predict the outbreak鈥檚 effects and take immediate action.聽鈥淚n the same vein, the global community must integrate climate risks assessments into decision making and act accordingly.鈥澛燭he researchers propose a 鈥渃limate corona contract鈥, in which younger people agree to protect older people from coronavirus through social distancing while older generations push for stronger climate change measures.

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