Coping with COVID and Climate Fatigue
March 25, 2022
Since March, 2020, the global community has grappled with an unprecedented pandemic. As COVID lockdowns were spreading, few people understood how the…
COVID-19
Investing in a Clean and Equitable Recovery
April 9, 2021
The Biden Administration’s COVID recovery plans promise to prioritize climate and equity alongside economic growth. The shutdowns brought on by the…
Vin Gupta
Affiliate Assistant Professor of Health Metrics Sciences, U. Washington.
COVID-19 and Climate: Implications for our Food System
August 21, 2020
COVID-19 has disrupted every aspect of our lives and economy – perhaps none more than our food system.“Slightly more than 50% of our food dollars…
COVID-19 and Climate: The Future of Energy
May 22, 2020
If you lived through the oil crisis of the 1970’s, you remember lines of cars at the gas stations, waiting to fill up on “alternate days.” Now, after…
Storytelling Through the Climate Crisis
May 15, 2020
How are writers using stories to help readers – and themselves – process the experience of climate change? Author Jenny Offill felt a “creeping sense…
COVID-19 and Climate: Economic Impacts
May 1, 2020
The COVID-19 recession has happened faster and hit deeper than most people could have imagined. Perhaps not surprisingly, the people most at risk in…
COVID-19 and Climate: Implications for Public Health
April 17, 2020
Human incursion into remote ecosystems can have far-reaching effects on our health and well-being. Deforestation and changes in land use, often to…
COVID-19 and Climate: Human Response
April 3, 2020
How do human beings respond to invisible threats like the coronavirus and carbon pollution? One threat is personal, direct, and close – touch an…