Now that the COVID-19 threat is upon us, scientists and innovators are pulling out the stops to find ways of coping. The climate lessonEconomists I spoke to said that society's blinkered approach to the future risk of disease provides a lesson for our failure to address the potentially catastrophic effects of climate change. That hasn't stopped some economists from trying — in the case of climate change, estimating various amounts for how much is worth spending now to prevent future economic fallout. Abandoned fishing boats on a dried lake bed in Bolivia stand as a warning of how climate change will lead to mass migration and a devastating loss of food production. Averting a 'tipping point'Fischer said the same thing applies to climate change, where temperatures we have never experienced before would cause mass human migration that could overwhelm existing economies.

Source: CBC News April 10, 2020 07:52 UTC