Time to treat environmental issues as paramount


YESTERDAY was Earth Day, and it happened during the Covid-19 pandemic when the world economy has been put on hold and lockdowns are in place in most countries to counter the devastating health impacts of the disease.

While the world is in lockdown, greenhouse gas emissions and pollution levels have come down. This has not been possible before.

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