We can change - if we truly want to

THE global crisis we are currently going through has shown how radically societies and individuals were responding to an immediate threat when health (and finances) were impacted. As a consequence, several nations such as China and other Asia-Pacific countries were able to flatten the curve of the pandemic in a matter of weeks.

What this situation is teaching us is that when fear is triggered, our societies are able to muster resources and get organised to ensure that things go back to normal as soon as possible.

Yet, in such an unprecedented crisis, what can the reaction to this pandemic teach us about how humans respond to other unseen global threats, such as climate change? In that sense, how could Covid-19 lead us to a more sustainable world?