Climate Change and COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons in Loss

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The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the world to its core. There is no event in living memory that comes close to this in terms of magnitude and novelty. While the shock felt by people seems to be only natural reaction to a calamity of this magnitude, the unmistakable unpreparedness and helplessness exhibited by the global ruling elite, national governments, states, and global organizations in the…