We can’t have it focus on business as usual, with mega-bailouts for planet-destroying industries like fossil fuels. But that’s exactly what corporate lobbyists are asking for.
That’s why a leading group of scientists and economists is pushing for a historic recovery package that would feature the fight against climate change, the protection of nature, and help for the world’s most vulnerable populations — as part of the solution.
If they go to the G20 alone, corporate lobbyists will try to dismiss them as out-of-touch elites. But if we can quickly get a million signatures to prove that the people overwhelmingly support the plan, we’ll give them critical ammunition — and give the plan a real chance.
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Emerging from the Emergency: Key Policy Recommendations to G20 Leaders
Club of Rome. 9 April 2020.
Club of Rome. 9 April 2020.
Deforestation And Climate Change Could Unleash A Mind-Boggling Number Of Coronaviruses
Forbes. 1 April 2020.
Forbes. 1 April 2020.
'Tip of the iceberg': is our destruction of nature responsible for Covid-19?
The Guardian. 18 March 2020.
The Guardian. 18 March 2020.
