The -19 and Climate Crisis Nexus
Climate Crisis Weekly: How climate change and COVID-19 are connected — WHO
Michelle Lewis, April 4, 2020 (ElecTrek)
“…[A first lesson about how the climate crisis is related to the COVID-19 pandemic] is that well-resourced, equitable health systems with a strong and supported health workforce are essential to protect us from health security threats, including climate change. The austerity measures that have strained many national health systems over the past decade will have to be reversed if economies and societies are to be resilient and prosperous in an age of change…Secondly, the ongoing pandemic illustrates how inequality is a major barrier in ensuring the health and wellbeing of people, and how social and economic inequality materializes in unequal access to healthcare systems…The same is true for the health impacts of climate change…
[Third, the global health crisis] has forced us to dramatically change our behavior in order to protect ourselves and those around us, to a degree most of us have never experienced…Even though climate change presents a slower, more long-term health threat, an equally dramatic and sustained shift in behavior will be needed to prevent irreversible damage…Lastly, crises like these offer an opportunity for a regained sense of shared humanity…Both the climate crisis and unfolding pandemic threaten this one thing we all care about…” click here for more
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