{"id":45801,"date":"2021-01-23T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=45801"},"modified":"2025-07-02T04:09:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:09:49","slug":"the-system-isnt-broken-davos-man-built-it-this-way-so-lets-change-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/story\/45801\/the-system-isnt-broken-davos-man-built-it-this-way-so-lets-change-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The system isn\u2019t broken, \u2018Davos man\u2019 built it this way. So let\u2019s change it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There will not be the usual flood of private jets heading to Davos<\/strong><\/a> in Switzerland next week.<\/p>\n\n

Due to Covid, the World Economic Forum will be virtual this January \u2013 and its elite audience will only meet in person in May \u2013 in Singapore.<\/strong><\/a> A symbolic move showing how geopolitics are shifting, especially as many countries in Asia deal so much more competently with Covid-19 than Europe or North America.<\/p>\n\n

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Coronavirus shows vulnerabilities of the existing economic models that have to be challenged and turned into new thinking. To keep us safe and resilient we have to put people and nature beyond monetary profits. \u00a9 Max Zielinski \/ Greenpeace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Cancelled private plane trips aside, the billionaire class is doing very well indeed out of the current crisis<\/strong><\/a> you and I are feeling. I don\u2019t know about you, but, stuck at home \u2013 and seeing friends losing their jobs and incomes \u2013 the fact that Jeff Bezos could have paid each and every one of his Amazon employees <\/em>more than $100,000 US dollars<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 and would still<\/em> be as rich as before this pandemic hit \u2013  just makes me furious. And ever more convinced that Jeff Bezos and his ilk must pay for the green and just recovery we so urgently need to start this year.<\/p>\n\n

That\u2019s why I am glad that Greenpeace is backing the Make Amazon Pay<\/strong><\/a> campaign by trade unions and other allies. That\u2019s why I am asking you today to join the Fight Inequality Alliance<\/strong><\/a> week of action for a People\u2019s Recovery. Together, let us show the virtual Davos gathering that starts on January 25th, that people\u2019s solutions are #BetterThanDavos<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

In 2020, significantly more people woke up to the need for fundamental change. Across the globe vast majorities indicated (in polls) that they are looking for radically better policies. In Japan, for example, 60% want transformational economic change \u2013 and in many countries, including India, Mexico, China, as well as Brazil and South Africa, support for a green economic recovery is at 80 percent or higher<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Even parts of the elites are getting the need for fundamental change: the UN Secretary General, has been bluntly calling out governments for spending too much money in their recovery packages on fossil fuels and business as usual<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

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\u270a?\u270a?\u270a?People are pushing for a PEOPLE\u2019s RECOVERY PLAN\u203c\ufe0f

Because the only way to end this pandemic is to ensure that the needs of people and our planet are respected and met. #BetterThanDavos<\/a> #FightInequality<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/G9v8irZavk<\/a><\/p>— #FightInequality (@FightInequality) January 5, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>