CLIMATE CRISIS LESSONS FROM CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC (2)

Another thing we’ve learned is to listen to experts. It seemed like politicians had little interest in it anymore. Wasn’t it Michael Gove (a British government minister) who famously said “people… have had enough of experts”? NOW people want to listen to experts.

Dr Anthony Fauci (& everyone in the US knows who that is :-) is one of the most trusted people in the world now. Expertise is having a moment. Not only that, but people that ignored or questioned the experts’ expertise have been heavily criticized of late. Criticism that will only strengthen & intensify as the crisis rolls on.

I’m sure you can all think of another gathering storm, a global threat of mid-boggling danger, the first signs of which can be but dimly glimpsed, but which scientists have been warning us of for decades, but which political leaders have largely ignored.

Now, surely, is a time to say that enough is definitely not enough. We must do more. We must listen to the experts before it is too late & change our life-styles & societies now, while we still can avert the danger.

3 coming soon :-)...

By Damien Blackshaw

I’m the owner of The Real Los Angeles Tours and I’m on twitter: @damienblackshaw​