This is what it sounds like in Brooklyn right now. It's quiet. Major cities across the

country are finding themselves in similar situations, or maybe we should say silence.

Traffic has nearly disappeared. Industrial production has mostly shut down. The result,

the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant drop in air pollution and carbon emissions. When

the economy is on pause, the air clears. China is the world's largest contributor to greenhouse

gas emissions. It's also where the coronavirus outbreak started. Over February and early

March, carbon emissions there dropped 25%. This might seem like encouraging news, but

experts say that when life returns to normal, so will emissions, we can see this throughout

history. Carbon emissions dropped during the Great Depression, at the end of World War

2, and during the 2008 recession. As the world recovered from those events, emissions

went back up. That's because our regular lives, during regular times, still overwhelmingly

rely on fossil fuels. For years, climate scientists have been saying that needs to change,

but action has been slow. Now, the COVID-19 outbreak is highlighting the human impact on

the planet, and climate activists are saying this is a chance to create a new normal. So,

we wanted to find out what can this pandemic teach us about tackling climate change? First,

we'll go over a quick recap of where things stand with planet Earth. Then, we asked experts

about the parallels between the coronavirus and climate change. Plus, what we can do for the

planet once we get through this health crisis. This is your Schimbe Special on COVID-19 and

climate change. A start warning from the United Nations panel on climate, unprecedented

changes are needed across the world to prevent a temperature rise, which would increase

heat waves, flooding, drought, and the loss of species. Did you catch all that? The planet

is sending out an SOS. Earth's temperature has been rising for decades, and humans are

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