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• Greta: We must fight the climate crisis and pandemic simultaneously

  Mar 30, 2020 – New Scientist –

  Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg observes: “If one virus can wipe out the entire economy in a matter of weeks and shut down societies, then that is a proof that our societies are not very resilient. It also shows that once we are in an emergency, we can act and we can change our behaviour quickly.”

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• How coronavirus could help us fight climate change: Lessons from the pandemic

  Mar 30, 2020 – Forbes –

  A Brazilian economist and former chief financial officer of the World Bank says that the immediate danger of coronavirus has a great deal in common with the threat of climate change: “One: it’s global. Two: it affects different people in different ways. Three: it shows the importance of government.”

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