COVID-19 Reveals a Path Forward on Climate Change

Dr. Franco Montalto, President and Principal Engineer at EDD, collaborated with his Drexel colleagues Scott Knowles, Richardson Dilworth, and Mimi Sheller on a piece for the American Scientist, entitled “COVID-19 reveals a path forward on climate change.”

The key points are that social inequities represent a severe handicap in our efforts to adapt the human condition for the better, whether fighting a pandemic or mitigating climate change. However, the fact that billions around the world have accepted an abrupt and radical change to their lives, virtually overnight and amid profound uncertainty, in response to a scientific prescription is encouraging. It suggests that collaboration on global crises is possible, even in a highly polarized world.