Humanity’s environmental problems can only be fixed by changing the system. The coronavirus offers a chance.

Societies need to introduce much more radical emissions reductions targets than those agreed in Paris if they are to successfully slow the pace of change. Covid-19 makes this possible. By forcing aviation and other transportation businesses to downsize emissions have started to fall. By paying peop...

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Autor principal:	Graeme Maxton
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Publicado:	The White Horse Press 2020
Materias:	COVID-19 pandemic alternative economic systems climate change population growth reforming democracy Environmental sciences GE1-350 Demography. Population. Vital events HB848-3697
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:fa7170fa9874408892e09307db4c8e222021-12-02T16:31:51ZHumanity’s environmental problems can only be fixed by changing the system. The coronavirus offers a chance. 2398-54882398-5496https://doaj.org/article/fa7170fa9874408892e09307db4c8e222020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://whp-journals.co.uk/JPS/article/view/655https://doaj.org/toc/2398-5488https://doaj.org/toc/2398-5496 Societies need to introduce much more radical emissions reductions targets than those agreed in Paris if they are to successfully slow the pace of change. Covid-19 makes this possible. By forcing aviation and other transportation businesses to downsize emissions have started to fall. By paying people to stay at home governments have shown that they can support them during a transition. Societies should grasp this unique chance for radical social and economic reform. Graeme MaxtonThe White Horse PressarticleCOVID-19 pandemicalternative economic systemsclimate changepopulation growthreforming democracyEnvironmental sciencesGE1-350Demography. Population. Vital eventsHB848-3697ENThe Journal of Population and Sustainability, Vol 5, Iss 1 (2020)
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description	Societies need to introduce much more radical emissions reductions targets than those agreed in Paris if they are to successfully slow the pace of change. Covid-19 makes this possible. By forcing aviation and other transportation businesses to downsize emissions have started to fall. By paying people to stay at home governments have shown that they can support them during a transition. Societies should grasp this unique chance for radical social and economic reform.
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title	Humanity’s environmental problems can only be fixed by changing the system. The coronavirus offers a chance.
title_short	Humanity’s environmental problems can only be fixed by changing the system. The coronavirus offers a chance.
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Humanity’s environmental problems can only be fixed by changing the system. The coronavirus offers a chance.

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