New currency could even be directed to climate change action, which is expected to cost trillions globally.
Climate change will drive 100 million more people into poverty in the next 15 years [unless action is taken]." At least $16bn a year, from across the World Bank group, which includes other development and finance institutions, will be directed to climate change projects, including renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Their original motivation was for the funds to be directed to tackling poverty and climate change; but as the idea has gathered pace, and been adopted by France and Germany, it has become clear that the revenues would go directly to Europe's treasuries.
Could the military be directed to construct low-income housing because a future president declares economic inequality to be an 'emergency?' Could the Army Corps of Engineers be directed to build solar farms because climate change is declared an 'emergency?' The 'what ifs' are countless and troubling.
Contrary to the claims of right-wing critics, the profits generated from Gore's best-selling climate books and film ― 2006's blockbuster "An Inconvenient Truth" grossed $24 million at the box office ― were directed to the Climate Reality Project, his foundation focused on battling global warming.
While some of that funding may have been directed to other non-climate projects, many of those dollars went directly to fund activities like skeptics conferences and witch hunts and insults against climate scientists and to pay the salaries of climate deniers who could spout anti-climate change talking points to cable news pundits.
The vise works like this: When the screaming flash mobs are directed to shout against the climate legislation, those who support it and who are running for reelection can say: Our opponents' corporate masters are against us finding new sources of oil at home.
Once the climate of the land is established, the attention of the student is directed to the effect of the climate on the people living there.
At safety climate, employees are directed to act in accordance with company-wide commitment to safety, so that each state maintain personal safety norms and those of colleagues.
In all four countries, as in others in the global South, a growing share of water, grain, land, forests, and climate "space" are being directed to the meat and dairy industries.
Another will be directed at societal challenges — climate, health and the like — which support [the United Nations'] Sustainable Development Goals.
