As the corona virus continues to spread, governments and citizens alike have been taking drastic actions to prevent the spread of the pandemic. Businesses have shut down, people have stopped flying, and a sense of panic has pervaded our daily life. We’re willing to disrupt life as we know it to fight a global threat. Why is it that, in comparison, we’ve seen virtually no response to the equally pressing threat of climate change? In this article, climate change experts and activists explain why climate change hasn’t garnered the same necessary response as something like the corona virus, and what we can do to bring it to the forefront of global politics and daily life.