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In many ways, greed, the opposite of generosity, lies at the heart of climate change. 100 companies, all of them active fossil fuel producers, are linked to 71% of global industrial greenhouse gases since 1988, the year in which climate change was publicly recognized.
How can we reach climate justice in a situation where a small segment of the world’s population carries the brunt of responsibility for carbon emissions, while disadvantaged groups, especially communities of color, women, indigenous groups, and people of low-income, are most impacted by the results.
It would take less than 0.1% of global GDP to make the changes humanity needs to adapt to a warming world. Today, the 8 richest people in the world own more than the poorest half of the world’s population. The growing gap and contradictions are hard to fathom.
“The Economy for the Common Good advocates a more ethical economic model, in which the well-being of people and the environment become the ultimate goal of business.”
Christian Felber
Can each of us acknowledge our privilege and become generous in our way? What is true wealth? How can we gift and share more freely?
In the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) we are starting a twinning programme for communities in the Global South and North to work together in solidarity.
Online Summit: Communities for Future Our Response to the Climate Emergency. February 1-10, 2020.
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