This analysis is pragmatic, professional and remarkable in its underlying suggestions that the current pandemic may not be effectively, timely or compassionately addressed unless the global community rises to a level of involvement and commitment that will empower existing or new world-wide institutions to effect credible intervention-in time.



The global community so far has been unable to address the slow, but accelerating impact of a changing climate system, in part, because the specific impacts and areas of most noticeable impact have been removed from high density urban areas. The pandemic, by contrast, is specifically targeting high-density urban areas with significant population interactions with all global areas via tourism and commerce. Perhaps, with a perfect storm, the global community may now be approaching the emotional capacity to reach a consensus that, indeed, we are in this together, and need an effective, compassionate and timely strategy to address both climate and pandemic issues.



Some areas of 'do-able' intervention that may be worthwhile considering might be:



1. Consider the scenario of having 100 million developing country individuals contribute $100 each year to help individuals in developing countries via micro-finance organization such as www.kiva.org. Donated funds enter a revolving loan status that can be re-loaned again and again; Kiva borrowers have a repayment rate of over 95%.



2. Consider empowering WHO with sufficient funds and staff to develop a long-term status enabling it to deliver trust-worthy and effective preventive solutions in collaboration with mega-donors like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.



3. Consider a global, country-by-country, required 2-year public service duty for all individuals, with options for a variety of public health, community, development, climate and education, with public funding paying for these individuals to complete graduate and professional degrees in areas of demand globally, and a 2 year post-graduate service in an area of high need. It appears as suggested by many of our young people, and articulated passionately by a young female Swede, that we, globally, desperately need a true commitment of service to community and others.