Governments across the world, including the Irish one, are, however, in danger of failing to see how this lesson applies to climate change. They are as deaf to the warnings of an incoming climate disaster as they were to the risks posed by Covid-19 when it first emerged in China in January. Big oil and gas companies have been secretly funding disinformation campaigns around climate change for decades, questioning the science, smearing advocates, pushing a message of equivocation to delay or water down action. Scientists say we have a window of just 10-15 years to change course, after which point it maybe too late. Taking the moral high ground on climate change while maintaining its investment and making money off these companies, and is effectively dancing on the head of pin.

Source: The Irish Times May 13, 2020 03:44 UTC