Ethical Markets Media is a signatory supporter of WE ARE ALL IN and, also partners of We Mean Business, and we urge all our colleagues worldwide to join in, with our thanks to The Guardian!
We sent out our Press Release CSRWire, July 29 on our latest global Survey with our partner GlobeScan on “BEYOND GDP“ which still confirms our earlier surveys in 2007 (presented at the EU Parliament www.beyond-gdp.eu) and in 2009 and 2013, that 72% favor expanding GDP to include statistics on health, education, and environment.
Even more crucial is the need for GDP to include an asset account, which would balance all the needed government investments in infrastructure, public goods, and service, which GDP still only records as “debt“! Deficits do matter, but so do all these valuable assets which are unrecorded!
If the long term value of all these public investments were included on an asset account, in a proper balance sheet, the Debt-to-GDP ratios of most countries would be cut by up to half, with a few keystrokes. This correction of GDP is also crucial (although not asked in our BEYOND GDP surveys). The US Congress might pass the Heroes Bill today!
~Hazel Henderson, Editor“
| The Guardian Series: 100 Days to Save the Earth |
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| Monday marked 100 days out from when the United States will officially exit the Paris Agreement on November 4, 2020. The Guardian U.S. launched 100 Days to Save the Earth, a special series that will countdown to the moment of exit and explore the repercussions of the U.S. withdrawal from the international climate accord while also highlighting the forces driving climate action across America and around the world.
Alongside, We Mean Business, We Are Still In has partnered with The Guardian on the series to support the project’s focus on mapping the consequences of the U.S. government’s retreat from climate leadership and its reporting on the wide cross-section of American leaders, institutions and the public who are actively working to uphold the Paris Agreement and U.S. targets under the Agreement. Thank you to Mars and New Belgium Brewing for their support with this series.
In its inaugural week, the series features an explainer about what’s at stake with the U.S. stepping away from the Paris Agreement, a Q&A on why leaving the Paris accord matters, and an opinion piece by former Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon, critiquing President Trump’s decision to leave the agreement.
The series is live at: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/series/climate-countdown |
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| Electrifying the Economy Can Create 25 Million Jobs by 2035 |
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| Yesterday, Rewiring America released a report analyzing how many jobs could be created by electrifying the U.S. economy by 2035. The report lays out a pathway for transitioning to a clean energy economy while creating 25 million jobs. It is well and increasingly understood that accelerating our transition to a clean energy economy will be the best way to put millions of Americans back to work and build back better.
This promising jobs number can be a really helpful datapoint to have on hand in conversations with policymakers, reporters, and other stakeholders on climate action and economic recovery.
The research has been independently reviewed and accepted for publication by MIT Press. There is a lot of additional information in the report, including overall cost for decarbonizing, estimated energy costs saved for households, etc. We encourage you to check it out!
The report can be found here. |
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| Report on Decoupling States’ Emissions & GDP Growth |
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| A new report from the World Resources Institute, released Tuesday, finds that between 2005 and 2017, 41 U.S. States and the District of Columbia reduced their energy-related carbon dioxide emissions while increasing real gross domestic product, debunking the myth that economic growth can only occur by compromising the health of the planet. You can see their report and the accompanying blog post on WRI’s website. |
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