5 lessons from Coronavirus that will help us tackle climate change

What brought us to this point of unprecedented interest in taking climate action is climate change itself. We have witnessed huge, record-breaking fires and floods, from California to Siberia, all in the space of one year.

In fact, I believe the last few weeks, as terrible as they have been for so many people, have taught us crucial lessons that we needed to learn in order to enter a new era of radical, collaborative action to cut emissions and slow climate change. Like everyone else, I can’t believe we’ve learned these five lessons in a matter of days.

1. Global challenges have no national borders.
2. As a society, we’re only as safe as our most vulnerable people.
3. Global challenges require systemic changes
4. Prevention is better than cure.

The author of the article is Christiana Figueres was executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change from 2010 to 2016, is the co-founder of Global Optimism, co-host of the podcast “Outrage & Optimism” and is the co-author of the recently published book, “The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis.”

5 lessons from Coronavirus that will help us tackle climate change

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