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"Humanity can raise living standards, reduce inequality and keep global heating
within a 2C rise, according to a sweeping vision for planetary survival.
The report by the World Inequality Lab (WIL) aims to be the most comprehensive
attempt yet to navigate the polycrisis that is pushing the world toward climate
breakdown, political extremism and ever greater economic and social tension.
It offers a set of bold policy proposals, including hefty wealth taxes on
billionaires, sharp reductions in working hours, a change in diets and a shift
of investment from materially intense sectors, such as industry and mining, to
education and health.
If these and other measures are taken, the report says, the incomes of 89% of
the world’s population would double by 2100 and global heating would be kept
below 2C above the preindustrial average.
The authors say their vision provides a positive alternative to the grim
projections from far-right techno extractivists, nationalists and billionaires
who claim the future will inevitably bring more fossil fuels, climate
disruption and inequality.
“There’s a huge cultural, intellectual, political battle that is going on. And
we all have a role to play,” said Thomas Piketty, a co-director of the WIL and
a professor at the Paris School of Economics.
“The ideology which we see with [Donald] Trump and all the little Trumps that
we have all across Europe and all across the world is simply not going to
deliver. At the end of the day we’ll have to come to this kind of cooperative
redistribution of resources and power because the alternative will simply lead
to disastrous outcomes both on the environment, on the climate, but also on
social grounds.”"
Via Mark Lansbury and Kenny Chaffin.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
