Climate change, and its attendant injustices, cannot be tackled without fundamentally challenging the economic system. A system that serves the interests of -- and has been shaped and perpetuated by -- the richest and most powerful. This includes a trading system that is exploitative of people and of the planet, and which was formed on the basis of a far-from-level playing field.
48% of respondents thought that the two trans-Atlantic trade agreements CETA and TTIP would be bad for the French economy. More outcomes are explained in the article.
The European Union has been caught trying to undermine any meaningful outcome from the UN climate talks in Paris by instructing its representatives to block discussion of two key mechanisms that could help combat the effects of global warming: the introduction of measures to curb the negative environmental impacts of global trade, and the transfer of technology to help poorer countries in their fight against climate change.
Der Welthandel wächst und bringt Wohlstand. Mit ihm nehmen Emissionen zu: Bis 2050 vervierfacht sich der CO2-Ausstoss durch den internationalen Frachtverkehr, sagt unser Gastautor.