Learning from the COVID-19 Pandemic to Address Climate Change

8 Pages Posted: 2 Sep 2021

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Howard Kunreuther

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center

Paul Slovic

Decision Research; University of Oregon

Date Written: 2021

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us lessons that can guide key decision makers in both the private and public sectors toward slowing climate change by reducing CO2 emissions now. Howard Kunreuther and Paul Slovic explain how decision makers can design a risk management strategy that heeds the advice of experts and addresses the cognitive biases which obstruct effective action.

Suggested Citation

Kunreuther, Howard C. and Kunreuther, Howard C. and Slovic, Paul, Learning from the COVID-19 Pandemic to Address Climate Change (2021). Management and Business Review, Vol. 1, No. 1, Winter 2021, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3915800

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