*[Enwl-eng] SumOfUs: 30,000 coronaviruses

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                        In just 24 hours, the world’s leading finance 
ministers will consider the global COVID-19 economic recovery plan.

                        They could listen to corporations and choose 
business as usual. Or they could adopt a historic plan that cracks down on 
planet-destroying industry like fossil fuels and protects us all from future 
crises.

                        A group of scientists and economists is fighting 
hard for change, but need to show people are behind them. Demand a recovery 
plan for the planet:



                         Sign the petition


            In 24 hours, the world’s most powerful finance ministers will 
discuss the global economic response to COVID-19 at the G20.

            We can’t have it focus on business as usual, with mega-bailouts 
for planet-destroying industries like fossil fuels. But that’s exactly what 
corporate lobbyists are asking for.

            That’s why a leading group of scientists and economists is 
pushing for a historic recovery package that would feature the fight against 
climate change, the protection of nature, and help for the world’s most 
vulnerable populations — as part of the solution.

            If they go to the G20 alone, corporate lobbyists will try to 
dismiss them as out-of-touch elites. But if we can quickly get a million 
signatures to prove that the people overwhelmingly support the plan, we’ll 
give them critical ammunition — and give the plan a real chance:

            Click to demand a COVID-19 recovery plan for the planet

            A world-leading scientist says there’s 30,000 more coronaviruses 
just waiting to be unleashed by environmental destruction. It makes so clear 
how our planetary crises are deeply interconnected, from COVID-19 to climate 
change to species extinction.

            That’s why this expert plan addresses all of these crises, in a 
way specially designed to make us more resilient by changing how our economy 
works. It demands that any recovery package focus on:

              a.. prioritizing climate change and protecting nature: 
including renewable energy and reforestation
              b.. helping the most vulnerable: including debt relief for 
developing countries and raising income for the lowest earners
              c.. shifting the economy toward sustainability: including 
eliminating fossil fuel subsidies and introducing a real price on carbon
            This is what our planet needs, and it’s what all of us need -- a 
reboot to our unjust economic system. And we may never have this kind of 
chance again.

            We know that vast numbers of people support this plan, but we 
need to show it, and fast, to counter corporate arguments. Sign and share 
everywhere for a sustainable recovery plan:

            Click to demand a COVID-19 recovery plan for the planet

            The head of the world’s vaccination institute says that the more 
we destroy nature, it becomes a “certainty” that more viruses will leap into 
humans, with the potential to cause more pandemics. It’s time our leaders 
face up to corporate destruction of the planet and say “no more”.


             Sign the petition
            Thanks for all that you do,
            Danny and the team at SumOfUs



            More information:

            'Tip of the iceberg': is our destruction of nature responsible 
for Covid-19? The Guardian, March 18, 2020
            Deforestation And Climate Change Could Unleash A Mind-Boggling 
Number Of Coronaviruses Forbes, April 1, 2020









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            From: Danny Auron, SumOfUs
            Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 12:27 PM
            Subject: 30,000 coronaviruses






 
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