Can't hardly wait

The financial crisis is distracting us from ... everything! 2

Prince Charles busted out with a strong message on Tuesday: This economic stuff is scary, but climate change is the real crisis.

Word. But it turns out Chuck ain't the only one using this device. Depending whom you ask, the real crisis being overshadowed by financial turmoil is: green building ("can't wait"), clean energy ("can't wait"), concerted action on the environment ("offers a massive financial return"), Indonesia's fragile ecosystems ("we are going to allow a financial crisis to turn into an ecological catastrophe"), the transition to a clean-energy economy ("not some luxury that we can afford only in good financial times"), the global food crisis ("far from over"), deforestation ("costs more than the financial crisis"), and the loss of natural capital ("costs more than the bank crisis").

The good news is, the agro-industrial sphere of Ukraine is doing just fine.

Katharine Wroth is a senior editor at Grist.

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  1. Erik Hoffner's avatar

    Erik Hoffner Posted 2:48 am
    29 Oct 2008

    moreAnd how about that it's distracting us from ending the disaster that is the occupation of Iraq? Wonder if there are any headlines out there about this. It's now clearer than ever that we should keep our last few billion dollars in the US instead of using it to further infuriate Iraqis, the grand majority of which want the occupation to end.
    Erik

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  2. ChristaB Posted 6:36 am
    29 Oct 2008

    Losing Green of All KindsThanks for writing about this. I've recently just blogged about two articles that link loss of biodiversity to financial ruin.
    Ecological Debt Worse than Financial

    Interdependent Crises: Food and Finance

    Loss of Biodiversity = Financial Armageddon
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