The pandemic may
have had little impact on the course of climate change, but COVID-19 can definitely teach nations a lot about impending global threats.
Researchers at
King’s College London have concluded that countries better prepared for the climate emergency have been much more equipped to handle the coronavirus pandemic.
Crucially, the team found it would serve countries better to treat the climate crisis as if it were an epidemic.
The study took data from 110 countries and found that societies “in which individuals look after each other” place a higher priority on sustainability, making them better suited to fighting the pandemic.
Ankara, Turkey – The post-Brexit trade deal between Turkey and the United Kingdom has safeguarded $25bn worth of business between the nations that find themselves two of the largest economies on the fringes of the European Union.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described it as “the most important trade deal” since Ankara signed a customs union with the EU in 1995, while the UK’s International Trade Secretary Liz Truss said it would lead to a “new, more ambitious deal with Turkey in the near future”.
Ruhsar Pekcan, Turkey’s trade minister, said: “Without a deal, about 75 percent of Turkish exports to the UK would be subject to tariffs, causing the loss of about $2.4bn; this risk is now gone.”