Saving ourselves : from climate shocks to climate action / Dana F. Fisher.

"In March 2020, when most of the world stayed locked inside their homes, the environmental benefits were substantial and drove an environmental change that put society on a much more sustainable trajectory. Rapid change in policies and behaviors are in stark contrast to the slow and ineffective ways that the world has responded to the climate crisis before and after the spring of 2020. When world leaders finally met at the COP-26 climate negotiations in Glasgow in November 2021, they were expected to coordinate a global response to the climate crisis. The outcome, however, was disappointing - countries were unable to agree to the emissions reductions needed and after two weeks of muddled negotiations, countries punted, deciding to meet back in another year to finalize their plans for climate action that would limit global warming below the 1.5 degree threshold that scientists have determined will keep the most dire effects of climate change at bay"--