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Campaign Announcement: NO Deal For Nature | Stop the Corporate Capture of the Commons
Illustration: Betrayal, artist Mario S. Nevado
A new international campaign has been launched which alleges the WEF is guilty of spearheading a bid by corporations and financial institutions to “monetize” nature on a global scale.
It is calling on people across the world to hold public meetings, disseminate information, form local campaign groups and “to take whatever action is necessary” to halt the so-called “New Deal for Nature”.
An online statement from the “No Deal for Nature” alliance [1], whose slogan is “life is not a commodity”, has already won the support of several academics and campaigners.
It warns that “under the guise of environmental protection” a massive exploitation scheme is in fact being drawn up, with the aim of maintaining the current wealth and power transfer from the poor to the rich.
The WEF boasted on its own website that “young climate activists, including Greta Thunberg” would be attending the Davos event in Switzerland from January 21. [2]
WEF stated it would be discussing “how to address the urgent climate and environmental challenges that are harming our ecology and economy” and “how to transform industries to achieve more sustainable and inclusive business models”.
However, the WEF also revealed it would be examining “how to govern the technologies driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution so they benefit business”. [3]
The package of policies known as the “New Deal for Nature” is being promoted not only by the WEF, but also by the United Nations (UN), [4] the World Bank [5] and the controversial World Wildlife Fund (WWF).[6]
The UN has admitted it wants to “advance a new political agenda” involving “increased promotion of innovative financing that supports green infrastructure”. [7]
The new campaign describes this agenda as a “monstrous and unprecedented assault on our living world by the capitalist system”.
It warns that nature and humanity alike will suffer, with the threat of “further Indigenous displacement and genocide”.
The campaigners conclude: “The NDFN must be stopped. We call on all those who care about nature to speak out now”.
[1] http://nodealfornature.org
[3] http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_AM20_Overview.pdf
[4] https://truepundit.com/al-gore-un-officials-team-up-to-push-a-new-deal-for-nature/
[5] https://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/five-ways-help-nature-help-us
[6] https://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?339010/A-new-deal-for-Nature-and-Humanity
[7] http://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/28333/NewDeal.pdf
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