Former UN environmental director Svein T veitdal supported the comments by a climate activist claiming that if we can “shut the world down” to battle coronavirus, “it means it is possible to do the same for climate change.”

Svein T veitdal, a former United Nations adviser to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and a UNEP division director, tweeted climate activist Jamie Margolin’s video where she silently declared: “If we can shut the world down to stop a virus, that also means it is possible to do the same for climate change.

Treat all emergencies like emergencies!”

If we can put the whole world on pause to stop the #coronavirus , then we can also do the same for #climatechange ! Treat all crises like crises! @jamiemargolin pic.twitter.com/LWGC8s4Wz4 — Svein T veitdal (@tveitdal) March 17, 2020

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