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Davos Billionaires Want to Save the Planet… Why Don’t Developing Countries Trust Them?

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Davos Billionaires Want to Save the Planet… Why Don’t Developing Countries Trust Them? Matthew Ehret A miracle appears to be happening, as the multibillionaires of the World Economic Forum (WEF) appear to have grown consciences. As if by magic, it appears that these gold collar elites no longer yearn for profit and power as they once had. As COP26 closes up its 12 day annual ceremonies, leading WEF-connected figures like Prince Charles, Jeff Bezos, Mario Draghi, Mark Carney and Klaus Schwab have announced a new system of economics that is based on virtue over profit! According to the COP26 website,  “95 high profile companies from a range of sectors commit to being ‘Nature Positive,’ agreeing to work towards halting and reversing the decline of nature by 2030.” Prince Charles has boasted that he has coordinated 300 companies representing over $60 trillion to get on board with a global green transition, and after  meeting with the Prince on November 2 , Jeff Bezos announced his new $2 b

The Big Green Lie

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The Big Green Lie At the next Convention on Biological Diversity summit, world leaders plan to agree turning 30% of the Earth into “Protected Areas” by 2030. Big conservation NGOs say this will mitigate climate change, reduce wildlife loss, enhance biodiversity and so save our environment. They are wrong. Protected Areas  will not save our planet. On the contrary, they will increase human suffering and so accelerate the destruction of the spaces they claim to protect because local opposition to them will grow. They have no effect on  climate change  at all, and have been shown to be generally poor at preventing wildlife loss. It is vital that real solutions are put forward to address these urgent problems and that the real cause – exploitation of natural resources for profit and growing overconsumption, driven by the Global North – is properly acknowledged and discussed. But this is unlikely to happen because there are too many vested interests that depend on existing consumption patte