Thread by @jtemple, Global climate cooperation was already faltering. Things just got much worse.https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/04/10/998969/the-unholy-alliance-of-covid-19-nationalism-and-climate-change/ In [...]

James Temple

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Global climate cooperation was already faltering. Things just got much worse. https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/04/10/998969/the-unholy-alliance-of-covid-19-nationalism-and-climate-change/

The coronavirus outbreak may exacerbate nationalism and stall climate change action

The covid-19 pandemic could leave the world poorer, more divided and less prepared to confront the rapidly rising threat of global warming.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/04/10/998969/the-unholy-alliance-of-covid-19-nationalism-and-climate-change/

In which I ask: What if, in retrospect, the Paris agreement was not the start of an era of cooperation, but its high point?

W/ insights from David Victor, @nils_gilman, @jonasnahm & @DrJaneFlegal.

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