Mark Carney: Climate crisis deaths 'will be worse than Covid'
The world is heading for mortality rates equivalent to the Covid crisis every year by mid-century unless action is taken, according to Mark Carney.
The former central banker said the investment needed to avert millions of deaths was double current rates.
But with governments ploughing billions into keeping economies afloat, a question mark hangs over whether the recovery will be green enough.
The answer lies in smarter investment, Mr Carney said.
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Atlantis Viewpoint
The climate emergency message has being on the news for many years and people seem to know humanity needs to change its habits. However, do people really understand the consequences it entails? The world is heading for mortality rates equivalent to our current COVID crisis every year by mid-century unless action is taken.
In addition, air pollution produced from energy production, industrial processes and vehicle exhausts have been killing millions every year for decades! How many deaths do we need and how many millions more suffering from poor health conditions before we changing the damaging systems that we use!?
We know the solution is #TrueCleanEnergy.
