Page 116 - COVID-19: The Great Reset
P. 116
associated extreme weather events will be with us for the
foreseeable future and beyond. The climate risk is unfolding more
slowly than the pandemic did, but it will have even more severe
consequences. To a great extent, its severity will depend on the
policy response to the pandemic. Every measure destined to
revive economic activity will have an immediate effect on how we
live, but will also have an impact on carbon emissions that will in
turn have an environmental impact across the globe and
measured across generations. As we’ve argued in this book,
these choices are ours to make.
115
