Black Elephants and Black Swans

The knowns and unknowns of the COVID 19 pandemic and its impact on the Climate Emergency

Episode 72 of the Planet Pod's Podcast podcast, hosted by Planet Pod, titled "Black Elephants and Black Swans" was published on March 19, 2020 and runs 36 minutes.

March 19, 2020 ·36m · Planet Pod's Podcast

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Discussing the knowns and unknowns of the COVID 19 pandemic and its impact on the Climate Emergency.....In this episode (recorded via a Skype connection rather than our usual studio production in response to the guidance to limit travel and contact) we unpick what we can learn from the current Covid 19 pandemic.  Could there be a possible green benefit when we emerge from the worst global health crisis for 100 years? Learn while you self isolate! Listen to Dr Ajay Gambhir and Alyssa Gilbert from Grantham Institute discuss all this and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Discussing the knowns and unknowns of the COVID 19 pandemic and its impact on the Climate Emergency.....

In this episode (recorded via a Skype connection rather than our usual studio production in response to the guidance to limit travel and contact) we unpick what we can learn from the current Covid 19 pandemic. Could there be a possible green benefit when we emerge from the worst global health crisis for 100 years? Learn while you self isolate! Listen to Dr Ajay Gambhir and Alyssa Gilbert from Grantham Institute discuss all this and more.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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