Post-COVID world will change us all forever

Last week’s world conference was an opportunity to refocus global attention on the long-term challenges we face if the planet fails to curb coastal erosion and land degradation. The risk of death faced by climate change is far greater than anything this pandemic delivered.

Last week, French President Emmanuel Macron chaired a virtual One Planet Summit of first ministers and environment ministers from around the world.Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

January 18, 2021

Just as the post-Trump America is a very different place, the post-COVID world will change us all forever. Virtual meetings have gone from being a techie tool used by geeks to the go-to place for people to meet globally. A year ago, no one could have envisioned an international meeting of leaders ...

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