Hopkins at Home: COVID-19 and Climate Change

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How does our current pandemic affect the fight against climate change?

The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic has led states around the world to take urgent actions aimed at protecting lives. These actions modify our daily lives dramatically with the objective of preventing the worsening of the situation into an even more disastrous one. Why haven't we been able to implement such strong actions to address climate change?

Join Luis Quintero, assistant professor on the research track at the Carey Business School, to explore how the COVID-19 and climate change crises are similar in many ways, how they are directly connected, and how the pandemic can change the prospects of our abilities to become more sustainable and avoid address the threat of irreversible damage to our climate.

Watch the full conversation live.