The environment: Avoiding a climate lockdown – by Mariana Mazzucato

 The world is approaching a tipping point on climate change, when protecting the future of civilisation will require dramatic interventions.

As Covid-19 spread earlier this year, governments introduced lockdowns to prevent a public-health emergency from spinning out of control. In the near future, the world may need to resort to lockdowns again—this time to tackle a climate emergency.

Shifting Arctic ice, raging wildfires in western US states and elsewhere, and methane leaks in the North Sea are all warning signs that we are approaching a tipping point on climate change, when protecting the future of civilisation will require dramatic interventions.

Many think of the climate crisis as distinct from the health and economic crises caused by the pandemic. But the three crises—and their solutions—are interconnected.

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Avoiding a climate lockdown – Mariana Mazzucato