The Challenge of Convergent Crises
After more than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global community has little interest in addressing the problem of drug-resistant pathogens. But highlighting the links between antimicrobial resistance, climate change, and violent conflict could encourage world leaders to reconsider their priorities.
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BOSTON – Climate change is not the only slow-moving crisis to reach a tipping point thanks to corporate greed, individual bad behavior, a stalemate in international negotiations, and a prolonged lack of any sense of urgency on the part of publics and policymakers. The same factors also have contributed to a dramatic rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR).