Gulf between rich and poor increases risk of climate breakdown as well as entrenches poverty, says letter to UN and World Bank

The letter says: “We know that high inequality undermines all our social and environmental goals. It corrodes our politics, destroys trust, hamstrings our collective economic prosperity and weakens multilateralism. We also know that without a sharp reduction in inequality, the twin goals of ending poverty and preventing climate breakdown will be in clear conflict.”

    • clobubba@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Which “they”? If you mean the ones getting trampled on, I agree. But in the United States at least, despite a lot of grumbling, the only popular uprising we’ve had was a fascist coup attempt – undertaken at the behest of the rich.