The response to COVID-19 does not make me optimistic about the world addressing climate change at all. China reacted by covering up the problem, the US leadership called it a hoax and encouraged a vocal group of conspiracy theorists, and numerous countries are guilty of seizing each other's equipment and supplies. The author does not make a convincing argument that the response to COVID-19 by the global community was not an embarrassment. I think it demonstrated we don't have the tools to handle a global crisis.