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5 reasons to watch or listen to Greenpeace’s SystemShift podcast
With the SystemShift podcast, we explore how to move from a world that serves the economy to an economy that serves people and the planet.
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How can I think of the planet when I can’t even afford the rent?
When paying the rent, finding a decent job, or putting food on the table are at the top of your concerns, climate change seems to be something for somebody else to solve, isn’t it?
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A seat at the table remains unoccupied without a seat on the bus
The journey to empowerment, leadership, and economic independence begins in public spaces, on buses, and in metros—places that should enable freedom, not restrict it.
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Buses are free for women in Delhi: What can the world learn from it?
To commemorate International Women’s Day, the SystemShift, a Greenpeace podcast that explores how we can move from a world that serves the economy to an economy that works for people and the planet, launched a new episode with the extraordinary model of Delhi, India, where women are passing from not stepping outside home to using…
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From Davos to G20: It’s time to tax the super-rich for a green and just future
In January, Greenpeace activists sent a clear message at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland: #TaxTheSuperRich to fund a green and just future. This month, we are taking our demands for fair global tax rules to the G20 in South Africa, as the Finance Ministers meet for their first session.
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How could religious principles boost climate action?
With an estimated 84% of the world’s population identifying with a religious group, faith communities hold immense potential for mobilising action on climate change.
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G20 must tax the super-rich to fund a green and just future
G20 leaders convening at the 1st Finance and Central Bank Ministerial Meeting must maintain momentum towards effective taxation of the world’s super-rich and support an inclusive platform for international tax negotiations at the UN.
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Does the colour of your skin make you more vulnerable to climate change?
It is impossible to disconnect climate action from the fight against racism and other forms of social exclusion.
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European energy and agriculture investments in Middle East and North Africa risk replicating extractive neocolonial harms of Big Oil and Big Ag, warns Greenpeace report
The transition to a green economy risks deepening inequality and replicating injustices of the fossil fuel era unless governments correct course, warns a new report by Greenpeace MENA and the MENAFem Movement for Economic, Development and Ecological Justice.
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Can a better climate create better jobs?
A shift to a decarbonised economy isn’t just about swapping out coal for solar panels. It has to fix the bigger picture, empowering the weak and weakening the powerful.