As the Covid-19 pandemic plunges the world into a recession – deeper probably than the global financial crisis – thousands of New Zealanders are losing their jobs and the country’s economy is already under enormous pressure. Some authorities predict it will precipitate a revolution in how we live.
What, then, about that other revolution which climate change warriors insist is essential if we are not to face extinction? Can it be relegated in policy priorities as the government seeks to plot a way through the human and economic misery of the pandemic?
Covid-19 has cleared the skies of pollution. Carbon emissions from the worst polluters (airlines and land transport) have shrunk almost to zero. International tourism has come to a halt, cruise liners are being laid up, and the global warming which appeared to be such a threat only weeks ago is moving at a much slower pace.
Those in…
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