A True Paradise: EQUITY - Kevin Anderson

Solving climate change requires confronting the sensitive issue of equity head-on. Climate scientist Kevin Anderson stresses that nations‘ rates of carbon emissions show large differences and not every nation feels equally responsable to address or improve their role in climate damage. Also, it is vital to address equity within societies, as a select few drive the bulk of emissions and impacts through their lifestyles.
Inspiring narratives of urban futures needs creativity and visualization, and cannot be developed by academic texts or facts only. To motivate, inspire and create opportunities for transforming cities to be green, inclusive, sustainable and zero-carbon, United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (ehs.unu.edu/) as part of Transformative Urban Coalitions (urbancoalitions.org) had this film made by award-winning filmmakers Dirk Wilutzky and Mathilde Bonnefoy.

[@brianwheeldon4643]

Thanks Prof Kevin Anderson. Countries like Australia and New Zealand each beholden to the US UK in a financial and hegemonic way are 100 percent complicit in lack of social justice globally. Domestically they mouth platitudes for locals, but internationally they are rapacious and would be shocked to be told this fact. NZ per capita emits roughly double the EU and UK on the same basis. Thanks for your honesty and consistency over the years.

[@ushalexa]

Thank you, Dr. Anderson for having the courage to speak such essential but unwanted truths. And thanks to UN University for providing a platform. We need more people and organizations willing to be straight and say what needs to be said so plainly.

[@miguel5785]

12:39 It's not just the richest in developed countries that have to do big changes. There is a lot of fresh water and carbon embedded in stuff everybody is purchasing, like soda cans, fashion clothes, beach holidays, smartphones, potted plants, coffee, meat...
Surely, the average person will not have to sacrifice as much as the rich, and will stand to gain from a healthier environment and a better future, but will nonetheless have to change back from consumerist mode to the more frugal lifestyle led by their parents or grandparents, repairing tools and mending clothes.
It's not hard, but requires some will to forego certain ingrained habits and conveniences.

[@miguel5785]

5:51 Indeed, the rich have abused the public good that is the environment and are squandering what little available carbon budget we have, and yet intend to negotiate and even leverage any little help they give to the poor. This is obvious but still shocked me when he so powerfully explains it.

[@rdklkje13]

I remember hearing Kevin reference someone's idea about flight rationing a few years ago. IIRC the basic idea was to allocate two flights (of specified length etc) per person per year - he may have been talking about the UK only here, not sure anymore. And to have a trade system through which those who never fly could sell their flights to people who want to fly more frequently, to the highest bidder. Apparently calculations showed that this would result in far fewer flight hours than any type of carbon tax, as well as more equity for people who don't fly, even compared to systems that redistribute a carbon tax. Can't remember whose idea it was, unfortunately. If you're talking about low-hanging fruit, this is a clear example, even if many businesses etc would kick up a stink about it.

[@harveytheparaglidingchaser7039]

Yes, let's do it

[@JamestheChrist]

I just cancelled a mission trip to Africa that I really wanted to go on. I’m really torn about it because of the experiences we would have had with the people of Kenya. Those experiences would have been amazing, along with the projects we had planned during our time, but it’s hard to justify flying halfway around the world for 10 days. These are the tough decisions we will need to make about travel if we want to be serious about climate change. I think if we had been staying a few months it would have made more sense to me, but not for only 10 days. Thankfully, we have an organization in my city that works refugees from all over the world, so I get to help globally while at home.

[@xxwookey]

Well done. I stopped intercontinental flights about a decade ago, and have only taken one shorter flight in the last 5 years. There is an awful lot of Europe one can see by Train. We need more people to moderate their travel as it's usually a very large part of their emissions. For frequent flyers it completely dominates. I'm sure someone who lives closer can do whatever you planned, and as you say you can find valuable things to do nearer home.

[@patricklincoln5942]

@13:15. My response: By itself, it is not right to dissalow people to have second homes, but if you go buy the principle that your freedom to swing your arms ends where it hits someone else's nose, and if you account for the emissions from these homes impacting people globally, then the argument that it should be done makes sense. If only people started putting milder initiatives in place earlier, then these dramatic social changes wouldn't be necessary. Couldn't we just put a very high price on carbon? There are solutions in En-ROADS that don't require us not to have scond homes. Couldn't we use those? I don't mind the concept of people not being allowed to have second homes, I just don't think it is one that is going to be easy to sell to the public.

[@clintstinkeye5607]

Human nature makes realize the futility of your efforts.
I'm not trolling in any way.
I just don't think our species is capable of such needed global unity.
It's a bummer.

[@johnziggykelleher4871]

Excellent.

[@emceegreen8864]

A true tragedy to continue our ways. Risking the stability of our Planet in every way. Equity is primary. Human and biosphere safety is required. Read Chapter 42 of The Ministry for the Future. Carbon Quantitative Easing is the proposal to equitably and globally create the needed funds to support the UN SDGs. And climate restoration.

[@Ann-qz7bl.]

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[@PaulAllenAPL]

Wow this man is seriously dangerous!! Thank god democracy means he’ll never get chance to put his ideas into practice….

[@blinkingmanchannel]

The first words in the video are, "your royal highness" 🤡 Now, if you would kindly give a kitten to some of the "man in the street" interviews with Trump supporters... What in the hay-el are you talking about "equity"?! I don thin jou know what dat word mean-ss. 🤦‍♂️🙄

[@drawyrral]

Who are these people? They're the people who won't be watching this video. 🦤

[@MegaMementoMori]

No, it’s the well educated folk - exactly the people who watch such videos. And this is why Anderson’s radical agenda will fail :)

[@jsgsmile]

They are also the people we vote for, buy from, pay for, support. This is to remind us not to do that anymore.