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Shining a light on some examples and asking, “Is that fair?”
FOSSIL FUELS SUPPORTED MORE THAN RENEWABLES
Fossil fuels received £20bn more UK support than renewables since 2015
#Isthatfair?
Since 2015, the UK government has given £80bn in support to fossil fuel producers while in that time renewable energy was given only £60bn. One-fifth of the money given directly to the fossil fuel industry was to support new extraction and mining! Although renewable energy support was greater than fossil fuel support for the first time ever in 2020 this trend has not been maintained. From 2020 to 2021 fossil fuels received an extra £1bn support - a 10.7% increase and in the same year, total support for projects r renewable energy increased by just £1m, or 0.01%. Source links https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/09/fossil-fuels-more-support-uk-than-renewables-since-2015
CHILD POVERTY IS RAMPANT
Shockingly, 29% of British children still live poverty
#Isthatfair?
An estimated 333 million children worldwide live in extreme poverty. About 1 billion children are "multidimensionally" poor, meaning they lack necessities as basic as nutritious food or clean water. Surprisingly, in 40 of the world’s richest countries more than 1 in 5 children live in poverty. France, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom saw sharp rises in child poverty between 2014–2021. Consequences are long-lasting - children who experience poverty have less chance of completing school and earn lower wages as adults. Source links https://www.unicef.org/social-policy/child-poverty https://cpag.org.uk/news-blogs/news-listings/official-child-poverty-statistics-350000-more-children-poverty-and-numbers
US CEO PAY HAS
SKYROCKETED 1,460%
Since 2015, the UK government has given £80bn in support to fossil fuel producers while in that time renewable energy was given only £60bn. One-fifth of the money given directly to the fossil fuel industry was to support new extraction and mining! Although renewable energy support was greater than fossil fuel support for the first time ever in 2020 this trend has not been maintained. From 2020 to 2021 fossil fuels received an extra £1bn support - a 10.7% increase and in the same year, total support for projects r renewable energy increased by just £1m, or 0.01%. Source links https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/09/fossil-fuels-more-support-uk-than-renewables-since-2015
CEOs were paid 399 times as much as a typical worker in 2021
#Isthatfair?
WAGES: NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF CONTRIBUTION?
Premier League footballer £60k per WEEK vs Nurse £33k per YEAR
#Isthatfair?
According to the United Nation, wages should reflect contribution to society- yet the jobs that are most valuable to others, such as care, charity work or health care, are among the lowest paid. Football undeniably gives pleasure to many but how can it be justifiable that the average weekly salary of a Premier League footballer is c. £60,000 per week, while it is estimated that in 2021 the average annual salary of an NHS nurse is £33,384 per year. It’s time to flip this injustice on its head. Source links https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/10/wages-should-reflect-contribution-society-not-just-ability-generate-profit https://www.nurses.co.uk/blog/a-quick-overview-of-nurses--salaries-in-the-uk/
Since 2015, the UK government has given £80bn in support to fossil fuel producers while in that time renewable energy was given only £60bn. One-fifth of the money given directly to the fossil fuel industry was to support new extraction and mining! Although renewable energy support was greater than fossil fuel support for the first time ever in 2020 this trend has not been maintained. From 2020 to 2021 fossil fuels received an extra £1bn support - a 10.7% increase and in the same year, total support for projects r renewable energy increased by just £1m, or 0.01%. Source links: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/09/fossil-fuels-more-support-uk-than-renewables-since-2015
Fossil fuels received £20bn more UK support than renewables since 2015
#Isthatfair?
Exorbitant CEO pay is a contributor to rising inequality in many countries but the US figures are shocking. CEOs are getting ever-higher pay over time because of their power to set pay and because so much of their pay (more than 80%) is stock-related. They are not getting higher pay because they are becoming more productive or more skilled than other workers, or because of a shortage of excellent CEO candidates. The economy would suffer no harm if CEOs were paid less (or were taxed more). Source links: https://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-pay-in-2021/
CEOs were paid 399 times as much as a typical worker in 2021
#Isthatfair?
An estimated 333 million children worldwide live in extreme poverty. About 1 billion children are "multidimensionally" poor, meaning they lack necessities as basic as nutritious food or clean water. Surprisingly, in 40 of the world’s richest countries more than 1 in 5 children live in poverty. France, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom saw sharp rises in child poverty between 2014–2021. Consequences are long-lasting - children who experience poverty have less chance of completing school and earn lower wages as adults. Source links: https://www.unicef.org/social-policy/child-poverty https://cpag.org.uk/news-blogs/news-listings/official-child-poverty-statistics-350000-more-children-poverty-and-numbers
Shockingly, 29% of British children still live poverty
#Isthatfair?
According to the United Nation, wages should reflect contribution to society- yet the jobs that are most valuable to others, such as care, charity work or health care, are among the lowest paid. Football undeniably gives pleasure to many but how can it be justifiable that the average weekly salary of a Premier League footballer is c. £60,000 per week, while it is estimated that in 2021 the average annual salary of an NHS nurse is £33,384 per year. It’s time to flip this injustice on its head. Source links: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/10/wages-should-reflect-contribution-society-not-just-ability-generate-profit https://www.nurses.co.uk/blog/a-quick-overview-of-nurses--salaries-in-the-uk/
Premier League footballer £60k per WEEK vs Nurse £33k per YEAR
#Isthatfair?
WEALTH INEQUALITY ENTRENCHED
Despite evidence demonstrating how central girls’ education is to development, gender disparities in education persist. Around the world, 129 million girls are out of school, including 32 million of primary school age, 30 million of lower-secondary school age, and 67 million of upper-secondary school age. The reasons are many and varied - poverty, child marriage and gender-based violence – and in countries affected by conflict, girls are more than twice as likely to be out of school than girls living in non-affected countries Source links https://www.unicef.org/education/girls-education
Richest 10% hold 43% of all wealth
#Isthatfair?
The wealthiest 10% of households held 43% of all the wealth in Great Britain in the latest period; in comparison the bottom 50% held only 9%. The richest 1% of households were those whose total wealth was more than £3.6 million. The least wealthy 10% of households had wealth of £15,400 or less - at least half only hold wealth in physical assets (mean value of £8,000) and almost half hold more financial debt than financial assets. Source links https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/incomeandwealth/bulletins/totalwealthingreatbritain/april2018tomarch2020#:~
TOO MANY GIRLS DENIED SCHOOL
Around the world, 129 million girls are out of school
#Isthatfair?
Despite evidence demonstrating how central girls’ education is to development, gender disparities in education persist. Around the world, 129 million girls are out of school, including 32 million of primary school age, 30 million of lower-secondary school age, and 67 million of upper-secondary school age. The reasons are many and varied - poverty, child marriage and gender-based violence – and in countries affected by conflict, girls are more than twice as likely to be out of school than girls living in non-affected countries Source links https://www.unicef.org/education/girls-education
CLIMATE CHANGE IS ABOUT FUTURE GENERATIONS
The science is clear that human greenhouse gas emissions are causing heating of our planet home – and 2023 is now confirmed to be the warmest year since records began. Maybe it is less clear exactly what this heating will mean for our decedents living after we are gone, but the likely range of possibilities is not good for them, and the reasonable worst cases are unthinkable. And yet, we continue to take short-term decisions which make things worse, and baulk at actions which will make things better, without thought for the generations to follow. Here in the UK, we started emitting greenhouse gases before the rest of the world, and as a wealthy country we continue to emit way beyond our share. Source links: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/co2-emissions-by-income/
Those who will face consequences lack sway in critical decisions
#Isthatfair?
THIRD OF ALL FOOD LOST
OR SQUANDERED
Food loss is one of the root causes of hunger worldwide
#Isthatfair?
Nearly a third of all food produced each year worldwide is squandered or lost before it can be consumed. Along with chronic poverty, conflict and economic shocks, food loss is one of the root causes of hunger worldwide. Despite the fact that the world produces enough food to nourish every person on the planet, major food waste is a big issue. In rich countries, waste happens in the kitchen. For millions in developing countries, this food waste happens at harvest time – with poor storage facilities and lack of access to technology and markets all factors. Source links https://www.wfp.org/stories/5-facts-about-food-waste-and-hunger
The wealthiest 10% of households held 43% of all the wealth in Great Britain in the latest period; in comparison the bottom 50% held only 9%. The richest 1% of households were those whose total wealth was more than £3.6 million. The least wealthy 10% of households had wealth of £15,400 or less - at least half only hold wealth in physical assets (mean value of £8,000) and almost half hold more financial debt than financial assets. Source links: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/incomeandwealth/bulletins/totalwealthingreatbritain/april2018tomarch2020#:~
Richest 10% hold 43% of all wealth
#Isthatfair?
Food loss is one of the root causes of hunger worldwide
#Isthatfair?
The science is clear that human greenhouse gas emissions are causing heating of our planet home – and 2023 is now confirmed to be the warmest year since records began. Maybe it is less clear exactly what this heating will mean for our decedents living after we are gone, but the likely range of possibilities is not good for them, and the reasonable worst cases are unthinkable. And yet, we continue to take short-term decisions which make things worse, and baulk at actions which will make things better, without thought for the generations to follow. Here in the UK, we started emitting greenhouse gases before the rest of the world, and as a wealthy country we continue to emit way beyond our share. Source links: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/co2-emissions-by-income/
Those who will face consequences lack sway in critical decisions
#Isthatfair?
Despite evidence demonstrating how central girls’ education is to development, gender disparities in education persist. Around the world, 129 million girls are out of school, including 32 million of primary school age, 30 million of lower-secondary school age, and 67 million of upper-secondary school age. The reasons are many and varied - poverty, child marriage and gender-based violence – and in countries affected by conflict, girls are more than twice as likely to be out of school than girls living in non-affected countries Source links: https://www.unicef.org/education/girls-education
Around the world, 129 million girls are out of school
#Isthatfair?
Nearly a third of all food produced each year worldwide is squandered or lost before it can be consumed. Along with chronic poverty, conflict and economic shocks, food loss is one of the root causes of hunger worldwide. Despite the fact that the world produces enough food to nourish every person on the planet, major food waste is a big issue. In rich countries, waste happens in the kitchen. For millions in developing countries, this food waste happens at harvest time – with poor storage facilities and lack of access to technology and markets all factors. Source links: https://www.wfp.org/stories/5-facts-about-food-waste-and-hunger
Food loss is one of the root causes of hunger worldwide
#Isthatfair?
GLOBAL CORPORATIONS
CHEAT TAX
Too many multinational companies shift profits into tax havens
#Isthatfair?
Governments around the world could reap almost $90bn a year extra in tax if they made public their data on the extent to which multinational companies use tax havens, an advocacy group reports. The Tax Justice Network said states were depriving themselves of $89bn (£75bn) a year by allowing some of the world’s biggest companies anonymity over the way they conduct their tax affairs. Source links https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/15/global-corporations-cheating-public-out-of-billions-in-tax-say-campaigners
GENDER PAY GAP CONTINUES TO BE AN ISSUE
Men still earn on average
8% more than women
#Isthatfair?
In 2021 the average annual full-time salary for men in the United Kingdom was £33,400, compared with £28,300 for women - this is a difference of £5,100. To be fair, the gender pay gap does show signs of narrowing. Among full time employees, the gender pay gap was 9.0% in April 2019, then 7.0% in April 2020 but in April 2021 it rose again to 7.9%. Clearly, more effort is needed. Source links Source links: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/genderpaygapintheuk/2023#
50% LACK ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES
Half world’s population cannot obtain essential health services
#Isthatfair?
At least half of the world’s population cannot obtain essential health services, according to the World Bank and WHO. And each year, large numbers of households are being pushed into poverty because they must pay for health care out of their own pockets. Currently, 800 million people spend at least 10 percent of their household budgets on health expenses for themselves, a sick child or other family member. For almost 100 million people these expenses are high enough to push them into extreme poverty, forcing them to survive on just $1.90 or less a day. Source links https://www.who.int/news/item/13-12-2017-world-bank-and-who-half-the-world-lacks-access-to-essential-health-services-100-million-still-pushed-into-extreme-poverty-because-of-health-expenses
VOTING ANOMALIES
MATTER
YOUR VOTE DOESN'T ALWAYS MAKE A DIFFERENCE
#Isthatfair?
The UK 2019 General Election showed the disparity between the parties as a result of the first-past-the-post system. The number of votes necessary to gain each seat were as follows: SNP: 25,883 Conservative: 38,264 Labour: 50,837 Lib-Dems: 336,038 Greens: 866,435. In September 2022, the National Centre for Social Research reported that more people in Britain now favour a proportional representation system than the current method. The sytem is also biased against the young - senior citizens’ bus passes are accepted as voter identification but student ID cards are not. Source links https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/general-election-2019-turning-votes-into-seats/ https://natcen.ac.uk/news/half-britain-wants-voting-system-change-clear-majority-among-labour-supporters
Governments around the world could reap almost $90bn a year extra in tax if they made public their data on the extent to which multinational companies use tax havens, an advocacy group reports. The Tax Justice Network said states were depriving themselves of $89bn (£75bn) a year by allowing some of the world’s biggest companies anonymity over the way they conduct their tax affairs. Source links: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/15/global-corporations-cheating-public-out-of-billions-in-tax-say-campaigners
Too many multinational companies shift profits into tax havens
#Isthatfair?
At least half of the world’s population cannot obtain essential health services, according to the World Bank and WHO. And each year, large numbers of households are being pushed into poverty because they must pay for health care out of their own pockets. Currently, 800 million people spend at least 10 percent of their household budgets on health expenses for themselves, a sick child or other family member. For almost 100 million people these expenses are high enough to push them into extreme poverty, forcing them to survive on just $1.90 or less a day. Source links: https://www.who.int/news/item/13-12-2017-world-bank-and-who-half-the-world-lacks-access-to-essential-health-services-100-million-still-pushed-into-extreme-poverty-because-of-health-expenses
Half world’s population cannot obtain essential health services
#Isthatfair?
In 2021 the average annual full-time salary for men in the United Kingdom was £33,400, compared with £28,300 for women - this is a difference of £5,100. To be fair, the gender pay gap does show signs of narrowing. Among full time employees, the gender pay gap was 9.0% in April 2019, then 7.0% in April 2020 but in April 2021 it rose again to 7.9%. Clearly, more effort is needed. Source links: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/genderpaygapintheuk/2023#
Men still earn on average
8% more than women
#Isthatfair?
The UK 2019 General Election showed the disparity between the parties as a result of the first-past-the-post system. The number of votes necessary to gain each seat were as follows: SNP: 25,883 Conservative: 38,264 Labour: 50,837 Lib-Dems: 336,038 Greens: 866,435. In September 2022, the National Centre for Social Research reported that more people in Britain now favour a proportional representation system than the current method. The sytem is also biased against the young - senior citizens’ bus passes are accepted as voter identification but student ID cards are not. Source links: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/general-election-2019-turning-votes-into-seats/ https://natcen.ac.uk/news/half-britain-wants-voting-system-change-clear-majority-among-labour-supporters
YOUR VOTE DOESN'T ALWAYS
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
#Isthatfair?
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