The COVID-19 pandemic provided a collective understanding and appreciation of the impact of exponential growth. To that end, this contributor writes, maybe it is time to elevate the status of what is a climate emergency. (ALM Media archives) The COVID-19 pandemic provided a collective understanding and appreciation of the impact of exponential growth. To that end, this contributor writes, maybe it is time to elevate the status of what is a climate emergency. (ALM Media archives)

Even for those of us who have been in the risk management sector for a while, I think COVID-19 represents our first experience with a rapidly growing exponential harm.

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