Guest view: Climate change is the next Covid-19
Meltwater pools are seen on top of the Helheim glacier near Tasiilaq, Greenland, June 19, 2018.
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The failure to properly plan for the coronavirus outbreak has made dealing with it much harder. As former White House energy and climate adviser John E. Morton argues, the cost of addressing damaging global warming will be similarly increased unless governments show leadership.
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