People’s Rally: This global economy is killing us: how the climate crisis is a crisis of capitalism – and what we do about it

Climate change is being driven by the rules of corporate dominated global economy: global trade rules, financial institutions, and the debt system. This session will look at how these systems work and why we can’t hope to deal with climate change without a transformation of our economy. Our speakers will outline what an international economy, which meets the needs of people and the planet looks like, how and why we can win.

Contributors: Amb. Lumumba Di-Aping - former Climate Chief Negotiator for G77 and China, Pablo Solon - Former Climate Chief Negotiator Bolivia and Fundacion Solon, Maxime Gaborit - Transform Europe, Christophe Aguiton - ATTAC France, Ivonne Yanez - Accion Ecologica (Ecuador), Nick Dearden - Global Justice Now (UK), Joshua Mata - Alliance of Progressive Labour (Philippines), Dorothy Guerrero - Global Justice Now (UK), Asad Rehman - War on Want, John McDonnell - MP Labour Party, Roberto Ferdinand - Marcha Mundial por Justiça Climática (Brazil), Claudia de la Cruz - International People's Assembly