LONDON — Greta Thunberg said that lessons from the extraordinary steps many countries took to contain the coronavirus pandemic need to be applied to the climate crisis. “In a crisis, you adapt and change your behavior.”She also told the BBC on Saturday that it was a positive that many politicians today are stressing the role of scientists in societies. “It feels like the corona crisis has changed the role of science in our societies. We are suddenly starting to understand that, oh, yeah, we actually have to listen to the experts,” she said. Global greenhouse gas emissions have fallen sharply during the pandemic.

Source: Washington Post June 20, 2020 11:25 UTC