In 24 hours, the world’s most powerful finance ministers will
discuss the global economic response to COVID-19 at the G20.
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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to demand a COVID-19 recovery plan for the planet
A world-leading scientist says there’s 30,000 more
coronaviruses just waiting to be unleashed by environmental
destruction. It makes so clear how our planetary crises are deeply
interconnected, from COVID-19 to climate change to species
extinction.
That’s why this expert plan addresses all of these crises, in a
way specially designed to make us more resilient by
changing how our economy works. It demands that any recovery package
focus on:
- prioritizing climate change and protecting
nature: including renewable energy and reforestation
- helping the most vulnerable: including debt
relief for developing countries and raising income for the lowest
earners
- shifting the economy toward sustainability:
including eliminating fossil fuel subsidies and introducing a real
price on carbon
This is what our planet needs, and it’s what all of us need -- a
reboot to our unjust economic system. And we may never have this
kind of chance again.
We know that vast numbers of people support this plan,
but we need to show it, and fast, to counter corporate
arguments. Sign and share everywhere for a sustainable recovery
plan:
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to demand a COVID-19 recovery plan for the planet
The head of the world’s vaccination institute says that the more
we destroy nature, it becomes a “certainty” that more viruses will
leap into humans, with the potential to cause more pandemics. It’s
time our leaders face up to corporate destruction of the planet and
say “no more”.
