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Climate change might lack the gravitational pull of聽pandemic and racial justice 鈥� the twin suns of so many recent news cycles 鈥� but it聽keeps showing up (it鈥檚 100 degrees聽Fahrenheit in the Arctic).

And both public and political thought about attacking it appear to be shifting.聽

For some, it鈥檚 the next social justice issue. To others, this feels like a moment. Ahead of a European Council meeting this past weekend, to approach the climate crisis as aggressively as at least some of them have approached COVID-19. (Ned Temko wrote last week about signs that the pandemic is already changing the climate conversation.)

Now, Democrats seeking control of the White House (assuming the United States ) sense that climate rescue is a . A Pew poll had 67% of Americans saying not enough is being done about climate change 鈥� and Democrats聽.

Another driver: opportunity. A new forecast by聽 suggests some 395 million new jobs could be generated globally by 2030 if concern for the environment were to direct economic policy.

Could that kind of 鈥渞eset鈥� appeal at a time when pandemic is threatening businesses small and large? That鈥檚 the hope of holistic-thinking economists like Kate Raworth.

鈥淲hat if we started economics not with its long-established theories but with humanity鈥檚 long-term goals,鈥� , 鈥渁nd then sought out the economic thinking that would enable us to achieve them?鈥�