Covid-19 and climate change are examples of globalisation striking back

The so-called international community has again shown itself to be anything but a community as dangers to humanity loom

People demonstrate on the sidelines of a G20 environment meeting, in Naples, Italy last week.

The summer of 2021 has come to be largely defined by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and accelerating climate change. 

Both are manifestations of globalisation and the reality of a world increasingly defined by the vast and fast cross-border flows of just about everything, from goods, services, and capital to data, terrorists, and disease.