Topic: New economic paradigms
Financing the global sharing economy, part three (8): tax carbon emissions
Report / 1st October 2012This section of the report Financing the Global Sharing Economy argues that civil society must step up their advocacy for carbon taxes. With time for effective action to tackle CO2 emissions fast running out, carbon taxes remain an important policy tool for reducing climate change and financing mitigation and adaptation programs.
Financing the global sharing economy, part three (9): cancel unjust debt
Report / 1st October 2012This section of the report Financing the Global Sharing Economy argues that debt cancellation is an essential prerequisite for ensuring a more equitable sharing of global financial resources, and the absolute and unconditional cancellation of unjust debts should constitute an urgent priority for the international community.
Financing the global sharing economy, part three (10): protect import tariffs
Report / 1st October 2012This section of the report Financing the Global Sharing Economy argues that a dramatic change of paradigm is needed if rich nations and global institutions are to stop forcing developing countries to liberalise their economies through unfair trade rules.
Financing the global sharing economy
Report / 1st October 2012A report by Share The World’s Resources demonstrates how governments could mobilise over $2.8 trillion each year to bolster the global sharing economy and prevent life-threatening deprivation, reverse austerity measures and mitigate the human impacts of climate change.
Financing the global sharing economy – executive summary
Report / 1st October 2012This executive summary of a report by Share The World's Resources outlines how governments could mobilise over $2.8 trillion to finance the global sharing economy as an immediate priority for governments, which it argues can only happen with a huge groundswell of public pressure for sharing and justice.
Financing the global sharing economy, part one: the sharing economy
Report / 1st October 2012Part 1 of the report Financing the Global Sharing Economy demonstrates how systems that facilitate 'economic sharing' are increasingly being eroded by policies that widen inequalities and leave families in a state of poverty or destitution across the world. The result is a silent humanitarian emergency that should be treated as a foremost priority by the international community.
Financing the global sharing economy, part two: the global emergency
Report / 1st October 2012Part 2 of the report Financing the Global Sharing Economy describes in more detail a silent humanitarian emergency that governments should prioritise above all other international concerns: millions of people across the world who face extreme deprivation and die needlessly each day as a consequence of extreme poverty, natural disasters or other preventable causes.
Financing the global sharing economy, part three: the ten policy recommendations
Report / 1st October 2012Part 3 of the report 'Financing the Global Sharing Economy' introduces the 10 policies that could enable the international community to mobilise more than $2.8 trillion within a short number of years, money that governments should use to strengthen and scale up the sharing economy both nationally and globally.
Financing the global sharing economy, part three (1): taxing financial speculation
Report / 1st October 2012This section of the report Financing the Global Sharing Economy demonstrates how governments could raise as much as $650bn globally through a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) to tackle poverty, reverse austerity measures and address climate change.
Financing the global sharing economy, part two (2): end fossil fuel & biofuel subsidies
Report / 1st October 2012This section of the report Financing the Global Sharing Economy focuses on ending government support for fossil fuels and biofuels. The text below highlights the importance of transitioning to a low carbon economy, and demonstrates how governments could raise over $500bn each year for worthier social and environmental causes. See further resources at the end of the section under 'learn more and get involved'.