U.N. Proposes “Green New Deal”
$750 billion “green” investment could revive world economy: U.N.
By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent, Mar 19, 2009 [more]
OSLO (Reuters) - Investments of $750 billion could create a “Green New Deal” to revive the world economy and protect the environment, perhaps aided by a tax on oil, the head of the U.N. environment agency said on Thursday.
Achim Steiner said spending should focus on five environmental sectors including improved energy efficiency for buildings and solar or wind power to create jobs, curb poverty and fight climate change.
“The opportunity must not be lost,” Steiner, head of the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP), told Reuters of a UNEP study that will be put to world leaders meeting in London on April 2 to work out how to spur the ailing economy.
The UNEP report said investments of one percent of global gross domestic product, or about $750 billion, could bankroll a “Global Green New Deal” inspired by the “New Deal” of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt that helped end the depression of the 1930s. … [more]
Note: Roosevelt’s New Deal prolonged the Great Depression for 12 years. It was the rise of Fascism in Europe, engendering World War II, that finally ended Roosevelt’s failed socialist experiment. Capitalism won WWII and lifted Europe out of the shambles of its own self-destruction. The U.N. was created in an effort to prevent further mass insanity and debilitating “experiments” by Euro politicos. Ironically.