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 like industry and mining to education and health.
If these and other measures are taken, the report says 89% of the world population would see their incomes double by 2100 and global heating would be kept below 2C above the preindustrial average.
Jesus, while I admire the effort that must be the most frustrating job in the world.
Them: “Here’s the solution to saving humanity and our planet and creating equity and end suffering.”
Our leaders: “No.”
Our leaders: let me ask my boss
Gates, Bezos and Musk: “No”