The WEF Wants You to Accept “pain” of Climate Change Policies
“We need to accept that there will be some pain in the process,” Braathen said.
“The pace that we need [to end climate change] will open up for missteps. It will open up for shortages of energy. It will create inflationary pressures, and maybe we need to start talking about that — that that pain is actually worth it.”
“Because if we don’t, there’s no business case; there’s no economy; there’s no welfare. But so far, I think we have been a little bit careful actually talking about the pain in the short term that is likely to come from this very important change.”
Speaking about small and medium businesses in Davos, Norwegian finance CEO Kjerstin Braathen says energy transition will create energy shortages and inflationary pressures, but this “pain” is “worth it.” pic.twitter.com/Ne70lRle5W
— Andrew Lawton (@AndrewLawton) May 23, 2022
While Braathen proclaimed that people need to accept “pain” and “energy shortages,” those attending the World Economic Forum are living it up. Indeed, most, if not all, arrived on private jets and have been spotted cruising the streets of Davos in limos and Mercedes-Benzes from Zurich.
As many have noted, there’s no shortage of hypocrisy at the WEF, where the global elite meet to scheme how to reduce their citizens’ carbon footprints while brazenly showing disregard for their own carbon footprints.
Here’s a picture of the ‘Private Jets’ at Davos…these are the same people that don’t want you have have air conditioning or to own a car… pic.twitter.com/MKiowvhxEc
— Liz Churchill🇨🇦 (@liz_churchill_) May 24, 2022
Indeed, according to the World Inequality Lab’s 2022 report, the wealthiest 10 per cent (i.e., those attending the WEF) are responsible for more than 50 per cent of all carbon emissions, with the top 1 per cent being responsible for more than the poorest 50 per cent.
As researchers Kevin Anderson and Isak Stoddard note, “Although such numbers reveal important insights, they risk masking how climate change is not simply a problem to be fixed, but an acute symptom of a highly unsustainable political economy.”
“…. A key form of power lies in the technocratic and top-down worldview that shapes debates, controls institutions and entrenches the dominant political paradigm. Largely unchallenged it defines international climate negotiations and repeatedly delays the transition away from fossil fuels,” they continue.
Despite this, those who manage and introduce climate change policies around the world are uninterested in answering questions from independent journalists, with both True North’s Andrew Lawton and Rebel News’s Avi Yemini having their interview offers rejected by all those they approach.
UN climate envoy and former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney politely declines interview about effect of UN/WEF climate policies on Canadian oil and gas sector in Davos. pic.twitter.com/Goj0qQSq3s
— Andrew Lawton (@AndrewLawton) May 24, 2022
I asked the World Economic Forum’s head of climate about the Davos meeting’s carbon footprint, and if the WEF asks attendees to not come by private jet.
She said she didn’t have time to answer. pic.twitter.com/NlkJNPncbQ
— Andrew Lawton (@AndrewLawton) May 24, 2022
#BREAKING: UN Special Envoy for Climate Action Mark Carney pushes my microphone away, trying to avoid scrutiny over his blatant hypocrisy in being a part of such a huge carbon footprint in Davos.
MORE: https://t.co/uvbDgOkyZl pic.twitter.com/nJjvTnmNq7
— Avi Yemini (@OzraeliAvi) May 24, 2022
