Climate Change and SARS-CoV-2

Both the pandemic and the climate crisis underscore that planetary and human wellbeing are inextricably linked. Dr. Seri Weiser discusses the emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2, the development of severe COVID-19 illness, the pandemic impact on climate change and climate response, and lessons for climate change action from the pandemic response. Recorded on 05/12/2020. [6/2020] [Show ID: 35921]

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[auntjules]

I am interested in learning more about house emissions. I think we often talk about car emissions, travel habits, etc. However I never hear discussions if laundry vent emissions, or wood fire stove/fire place emissions. These seem like actions that could be more easily addressed by the individual to address climate change.

We know that the ingredients in "fragrance" are often derived from fossil fuels and we also know that they increase symptoms in people with asthma, copd, chemical sensitivity, etc.

While purchasing a new car with "going green" in mind is important, it is also a decision made relatively infrequently. Choosing laundry products that emit lower pollution levels are an easy, low or zero cost, effort that we make daily to weekly with each load of laundry. While not everyone drives a car, everyone does find a way to clean their clothing. I would love to see how laundry habits contribute to air quality, general health, and climate change.

[csuera]

Can you explain why death from climate is down by 90% past 50 years? (Source: world in data)

Nice try but climate change is not causing negative outcomes despite the refugees you claim. And linking covid, please.

[rls]

regardless whether human population makes the earth's climate change, the Paris Accords Agreement is a construct to create more wealth and power for the already extremely wealthy. The ability to pollute the air is monetized by the means of "carbon credits" which are a commodity sold similarly to stocks. It will actually create more air pollution and make prices rise for consumers as producers offset the costs caused by their need to buy carbon credits in order to produce. This guy explains the process quite well: @ in s 12 minute presentation.

[greg]

Solar activity fluctuates in an
11-year cycle. But so far in this cycle, the sun has been disturbingly quiet.
The lack of increased activity could signal the beginning of what is known as a
Maunder Minimum, an event which occurs every couple of centuries and can last
as long as a century. Such an event occurred in the 17th century. The
observation of sunspots showed extraordinarily low levels of magnetism on the
sun, with little or no 11-year cycle. This solar hibernation corresponded with
a period of bitter cold that began around 1650 and lasted, with intermittent
spikes of warming, until 1715. Frigid winters and cold summers during that
period led to massive crop failures, famine and death in Northern Europe.
Tapping reports, no change in the sun's magnetic field so far this cycle and
warns that if the sun remains quiet for another year or two, it may indicate a
repeat of that period of drastic cooling of the Earth, bringing massive
snowfall and severe weather to the Northern Hemisphere.

[aplovingamrit]

Systems thinking is required to connect the dots - Amrit Prasad, UNESCO MISARC Alumnus. Please kindly like the "Unesco-misarc" page in Facebook 🙂👍

[brianeibisch]

Excellent presentation joining the “data dots” into a cohesive wisdom.

[davidbotha]

Fear, fear, fear. Run around with your hair on fire.

[ricoman]

I had to stop the video after just a few minutes. What a crock!