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Greta Thunberg’s speech to UN secretary general António Guterres
Blog / 11th March 2019In a speech given at the UN Climate Change Conference in Poland (COP24), 15-year-old Greta Thunberg cuts to the heart of the challenge and calls for the principle of equity to be upheld through structural transformations and sharing the world’s resources.
Social protection: Hot topic but contested agenda
Report / 8th March 2019Social protection has been on the UN agenda since its inception – and numerous reports from human rights experts spell out that governments and the international community must tackle tax avoidance and adequately fund the public sector, if they are to live up to their human rights and development.
Can an unequal earth beat climate change?
Blog / 8th March 2019Limiting global warming to 1.5°C will require major disruptive shifts, which people will tolerate only if they believe that everyone is sharing in the sacrifice, the wealthy and powerful included. A review of recent climate change reports, by Sam Pizzigati at Inequality.org.
If America can find $716bn for the military, it can fund the Green New Deal
Article / 8th March 2019At long last the political debate in the world’s richest country is vibrant with proposals that would help the most vulnerable in our society. And what do we hear in response? A growing chorus of naysayers.
Parliament must declare a climate emergency – not ignore it
Article / 4th March 2019To avoid climate catastrophe, we must go beyond what is considered politically possible. A Green New Deal would mobilise resources on a scale unprecedented in peacetime, to tackle the climate emergency and address spiralling inequality, writes Caroline Lucas.