How have the challenges associated with climate change been manifested through the COVID-19 pandemic?
"The challenges associated with climate change and social justice are intertwined. A major comparison between the climate and COVID crises has been the public discourse and politicization. The responses are going to require large scale, national, and even global solutions with political leaders coming together with the scientific community."
"The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the challenge to engage the public properly and has forced us to connect with people through other means besides in-person meetings. It has also caused a shift in our priorities to direct public health measures instead of focusing to reduce green house gas emissions, waste reduction, or water use reduction."
"The COVID-19 crisis gave us an opportunity to push our pollinator pocket initiative within the city of Manhattan and also allowed the native vegetation in our parks to grow and to see what we have existing. This will benefit the local ecological system."