Two symbolic extremes: A One-world secular socialist putting up a lock, and a God-fearing American removing it.
if you think about it, we are witnessing the globalists’ last stand. ***Mark Carney is ex-Governor of Bank of England, ex-Governor of Bank of Canada, ex-Goldman Sachs, currently United Nations special envoy for climate action and finance:
16 Jun: Guardian: Covid-19 pandemic is ‘fire drill’ for effects of climate crisis, says UN official
Lise Kingo says social equality issues must be part of sustainable development agenda
by Fiona Harvey, Environment correspondent
The coronavirus pandemic is just a fire drill for what is likely to follow from the climate crisis, and the protests over racial injustice around the world show the need to tie together social equality, environmental sustainability and health, the UNs sustainable business chief has said.
The overall problem is that we are not sustainable in the ways we are living and producing on the planet today, said Lise Kingo, the executive director of the UN Global Compact...
The only way forward is to create a world that leaves no one behind....
She said there were very, very clear connections between the Covid-19 and climate crises, and the Black Lives Matter protests around the world, which she said had helped to reveal deep-seated inequalities and endemic and structural racism...
We want all chief executives to become social activists to understand social equality, she said. Not only was this the right thing to do, but it creates stable markets for companies around the world and reflects the desires of young people.
Young people are so engaged, so dedicated to this agenda, they dont want to work for companies that do not have a solid responsibility strategy, she said.
The UN secretary general, António Guterres, said building a fairer society would be essential to the worlds health, as well as to saving the planet from climate breakdown and ecological destruction.
Today, the fabric of society and the wellbeing of people hinge on our ability to build a fair globalisation, he told the two-day UN Global Compact virtual conference of business leaders, which started on Monday...
***Mark Carney, the former governor of the Bank of England, told the conference that the Covid-19 crisis had shown how urgent it was to tackle global heating. This is a crisis that will involve the whole world and from which no one can self-isolate, he said...
More than 10,000 companies are signed up to the UN Global Compact, and they are being urged to strengthen their commitments to cutting greenhouse gas emissions...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/15/covid-19-pandemic-is-fire-drill-for-effects-of-climate-crisis-says-un-official