The Covid-19 pandemic has undermined many of our everyday certainties to such an extent that we should expect significant changes in the functioning of our societies from here onward. Increasingly, it is hoped that in this process of transformation the challenges of climate change will be addressed even if, to date, they have been considered with much less urgency than the pandemic. Here it is proposed that, despite certain important differences, the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change both follow a pattern from causal factors to effects that may be typical of the Anthropocene. Given these parallels, it is suggested that, on the basis of the increasing and cumulative impacts of climate change on planetary life conditions, we have as much or more reason to take quick and effective action on this challenge as on the Covid-19 pandemic.

Covid-19大流行已经破坏了我们许多日常的确定性，以至于我们应该期望从现在开始我们社会的运作将发生重大变化。希望越来越多的人希望在这一转型过程中应对气候变化的挑战，即使迄今为止，与大流行相比，这些挑战的紧迫性要低得多。在此提出，尽管存在某些重要差异，但Covid-19大流行和气候变化均遵循从因果关系到人类世可能典型的影响的模式。考虑到这些相似之处，建议根据气候变化对行星生活条件的日益增加和累积的影响，与Covid-19大流行一样，我们有更多或更多的理由针对这一挑战采取迅速有效的行动。