Green New Deal
The Green New Deal is a proposed set of policy proposals that aims to address global warming, and financial crises. It echoes the New Deal, the social and economic programs launched by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the wake of the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the onset of the Great Depression.[1]
The proposals of the Green New Deal generally echo the recommendations of UN-mandated organizations like ICLEI or the TEEB, of global NGOs, and of the Basel II and related monetary accords, especially as these relate to reforms to measurement of fundamental ecosystem risk and financial liabilities. The reinsurance industry and The Economist have also consistently expressed support for the general principles of consistent global carbon and emissions charges, for metrics of ecosystem destabilization risk and a generally high value on nature's services which underlie human valuation.
Several of the proposals have already been implemented in one or more G8 or G20 countries including Norway, South Korea, the UK, US and EU. The financial proposals echo some already underway at the IMF, World Bank, BIS and ECB to better reflect ecosystem valuations and reduce systematic incentives to invest in "dirty" over "clean" industries.
Proposals
- Government-led investment in energy efficiency and microgeneration
- Low-carbon infrastructure redevelopment as a job creation strategy
- A directed windfall tax on the profits of oil and gas companies (already established in Norway) with expanding renewable energy and energy efficiency investment
- Further financial incentives for green investment and reduced energy usage, including reduction of private bank interest rates for green investment
- Break up large financial institutions into smaller units to facilitate more explicit and detailed fundamental risk management, as opposed to an approach based on sheer size and diversifying into every activity regardless of its harms
- Re-regulation of international finance including capital controls, increased scrutiny of financial derivatives, likely along the lines of Basel II
- Prevent corporate tax evasion by demanding financial reporting and by clamping down on tax havens.
Notable proponents
Relationship with other stimulus plans
Many of the national economic stimulus plans proposed or adopted in late 2008 and early 2009 had a "green" component, for example in the United States[12] Japan and South Korea.[13]
In 2009, the Green Party and other groups in New Zealand conducted conferences, discussions, etc., to outline a Green New Deal.
In Australia, the Australian Greens, who hold a balance of power in government, proposed changes to the incumbent Labor Government's stimulus plan, which was seen by some as a potential Green New Deal for Australia.
See also
References
- ^ Jeremy Lovell (July 21, 2008) "Climate report calls for green 'New Deal'", Reuters.
- ^ Jill Stein (October 24, 2011) "[1]"
- ^ Thomas L. Friedman (April 15, 2007) "The Power of Green" The New York Times Magazine
- ^ Thomas L. Friedman (January 19, 2007)"A Warning From The Garden The New York Times"
- ^ Elsa Wenzel (November 19, 2007) "Green jobs will clean up the economy, communities" cnet news
- ^ New Economics Foundation: Green New Deal
- ^ Van Jones (October 7, 2008) The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems, HarperCollins. ISBN 0061650757
- ^ Paul Eccleston (October 22, 2008) UN announces green 'New Deal' plan to rescue world economies The Daily Telegraph
- ^ "Towards a Green New Deal: Economic stimulus and policy action for the double crunch"
- ^ "Conference in India by the European Energy Centre EEC to launch the Green New Deal"
- ^ "14th European Conference organised by the European Energy Centre and the United Nations Environment Programme"
- ^ "Obama's green energy plans build hopes, skepticism"
- ^ "Japan, South Korea to Create New Pro-Environment Jobs"
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