Only through universal basic income, a four-day week and regenerated local communities can we hope to cut climate emissionsRobin McKie writes of a "society-wide vision" covering policies in transport, power generation, home heating and farming to cut climate emissions ("It's now... or never", Focus). Of course we need all of those policies. But what's missing is the understanding that we can't have "business as usual with different technology".We need social innovations, such as a universal basic income to give every individual security, a four-day working week as standard with no loss of pay, which would reduce travel but more importantly give people more opportunities to use their time well in family and community, and a relocalisation of communities and economies. Continue reading...
To halt global heating, we must change our society | Letters
22. srpna 2021 10:45
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Zdroj: The Guardian