On Global Climate change and the Solidarity of the Covid-19 response;

We, Switzerland, and many countries of the world have closed down much of our economy to save the elderly, the baby boomers, from the Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2, Cornona) virus.  I personally have also chosen more social isolation than is required, in order to support our society handle this challenge. We have in just a few short days taken drastic measures to slow the spread of this virus. As the head of our Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications, also the current Swiss president, Simonetta Sommargura put it, “we are a rich country, we can afford it.” The actions taken will be very costly to everyone in our society.

This sounds cold and inhuman to say saving our parents and grandparents is going to be quite expensive. I think most people are thinking it. I think all life is sacred and to paraphrase Penn Gillette,” I would strangle the last extant panda with my bare hands to save the life of an itinerant alcoholic elderly vagrant.“  This response begs the question,  now that there is a real danger for the baby boomer generation, they call for national solidarity, but why has there been no solidarity from them for the climate?.

The elderly are not in danger from climate change, they will be dead before real consequences for their inaction occur. Children and young adults have been marching for real protections for the environment and to stem the global climate change. The answer that has always come from the baby boomers was, ", and nothing is done.” The response to Corvid-19 shows we can make drastic changes to save people. We have taken as a world community extraordinary measures to save the elderly and I demand of them recompense for our children. We are able to take extraordinary measures to combat as a society a grave threat. Climate change is a grave threat to our children. I expect from the elderly, after this current crisis is over, support for real change to combat climate change and there can be no excuse, “but the cost is too high!”