COVID-19 and Climate: Human Response
Climate One
English - April 03, 2020 14:42 - 55 minutes - ★★★★★ - 502 ratingsNatural Sciences Science Social Sciences environment climate change public policy water talk radio news climate economy energy science global warming Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Why does an invisible, life-threatening virus prompt a nationwide emergency, but invisible, life-threatening gases don’t? Experts have been emphasizing the dangers of unchecked climate change for years, underscoring the need for rapid, bold action early-on to avoid the worst impacts. Now health experts are pushing the same level of global mobilization to quell the spread of the novel coronavirus. Why are humans wired to respond to some fears and emergencies more than others? Can the reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic teach us anything about how humans respond to other invisible, global threats?
Guests:
Peter Atwater, Adjunct Professor of Economics, College of William & Mary
Susan Clayton, Whitmore-Williams Professor of Psychology, College of Wooster
Robert H. Frank, Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Additional interviews: Shannon Osaka, Climate Reporter, Grist
This program was recorded at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on March 24, 2020.
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Why does an invisible, life-threatening virus prompt a nationwide emergency, but invisible, life-threatening gases don’t? Experts have been emphasizing the dangers of unchecked climate change for years, underscoring the need for rapid, bold action early-on to avoid the worst impacts. Now health experts are pushing the same level of global mobilization to quell the spread of the novel coronavirus. Why are humans wired to respond to some fears and emergencies more than others? Can the reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic teach us anything about how humans respond to other invisible, global threats?
Guests:
Peter Atwater, Adjunct Professor of Economics, College of William & Mary
Susan Clayton, Whitmore-Williams Professor of Psychology, College of Wooster
Robert H. Frank, Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Additional interviews: Shannon Osaka, Climate Reporter, Grist
This program was recorded at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on March 24, 2020.
For full show notes, visit our website.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices