ANALYSIS: MC Hammer puts into shocking focus our inaction on climate change
The day after I turned eight, MC Hammer released the hit single, U Can't Touch This.
Thirty years later, MC Hammer might feel like ancient history, but he puts into perspective how long we've been talking about climate action.Earlier this year, I realised something shocking: If 1990 was the year we started acting on climate change, we are now halfway along our timeline for transitioning the world to a zero-carbon economy.
At this crucial point, the world has been shaken by the COVID-19 pandemic, and its economic fallout. But the inevitable response to that economic crisis is an opportunity, too. It projected a massive drop in energy-related emissions from the COVID-19 fallout. It also said decisions made in the coming months will determine whether economic stimulus will see emissions rebound, or make 2019 the peak in global emissions.
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