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Our money, for a Just Recovery.
This July, the world’s biggest economies are meeting to discuss how to spend trillions of public dollars on economic recovery and stimulus. We demand justice and a dignified, liveable future for all.
In July, the people who control the budgets of the world’s 20 richest countries will meet to discuss how they spend trillions in public money on economic recovery and stimulus packages.
Will they opt for ‘business as usual’ and bail out the failing systems and industries that drive global inequality, racial injustice and climate crisis? Yes, unless we demand better.
Paradigms are shifting fast as the crises of racial injustice, COVID-19, economic injustice and climate breakdown hit us all at once. We need jobs, we need healthcare, we demand justice.
This historic moment calls for a different response from us all. G20 finance ministers hold the pursestrings for a just recovery that can tackle all these crises together. They also control the unpayable and immoral ‘debt’ of the very countries who need the most help tackling COVID-19 and climate crisis, and whose people were enslaved and colonised without justice or reparations to date.
It’s our money, our lives and our future at stake. We demand better.
Dear G20 ministers,
As you meet this July, you hold the power to change the course of history. Your decisions can set the world on the path to a safe and just recovery from the interwoven crises of racial injustice, COVID, economic upheaval and climate breakdown hitting us all at once.
We demand better from you. We need jobs and investment in our communities, we need healthcare, we need better housing, greener transport, social care and dignified livelihoods. We demand justice.
As you prepare to launch unprecedented stimulus and recovery spending, know that this historic moment calls for an equally unprecedented response.
People everywhere have had enough of the failing systems and dying extractive industries that drive global inequality, racial injustice and climate crisis. We won’t let you gamble our chance at a better future away. It’s our money, our lives and our future at stake.
- We demand that you cancel the debt burden that rests on the shoulders of countries whose stolen people and natural resources enabled the G20 countries’ vast wealth.
- We demand you invest public money in a safe and just recovery for us all.
Raise Your Voice for a #JustRecovery
Find out how: read the G20 Online Arts and Action Guide
Share your message
Share your vision for a Just Recovery, and tell leaders why we need it now. Post a video message, photo, or stories to social media with #G20 and #JustRecovery hashtags. More ideas on what to share.
Twitter Storm
Join the Twitter Storm calling on the G20 to spend public money on a Just Recovery. With the collective spotlight on #G20, we’ve made it easy to tag your finance ministers with messages of what a Just Recovery should look like.
Art Kit
The Just Recovery Arts Kit has designs for download and guides to create your own art to help amplify our demands for a Just Recovery from COVID-19 that centres people and planet.
In Your Region
Join a group near you to keep putting pressure on your local and national politicians to push for a just recovery. Our movement grows from the grassroots. Use our map to find local groups near you, or consider starting your own.
New Zealand
- 6 Principles for a just recovery from COVID-19 in New Zealand (EN) – We call on our government to uphold these 6 principles at every level of its response as we recover from COVID-19.
North America
Europe
- Stop funding climate criminals! – We’re calling on the European Central Bank and President Christine Lagarde: don’t pour billions of euros into dirty fossil fuel corporations. Stop funding the climate crisis! (EN / FR / DE / NL)
Latin America
- Ask Minister Paulo Guedes for a #JustRecovery – Let’s pressure Minister Paulo Guedes for a #JustRecovery #RecuperaçãoJusta
- Ask Minister Martin Guzmán for a #JustRecovery – Let’s pressure Minister Martin Guzmán for a #JustRecovery #RecuperaciónJusta
Africa
- Afrika Vuka Caravan (EN / FR) – Join us live online every two weeks as we connect with frontline groups exposing the fossil fuel and finance industry’s role in accelerating the climate crisis, and find out how you can take action to support their work.
Asia
Pacific
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- Just Recovery Policy Demands – Pacific Island Leaders must take strong and decisive action on the climate crisis and a Just Recovery by responding to key policy demands.
- Just Recovery Policy Demands – Pacific Island Leaders must take strong and decisive action on the climate crisis and a Just Recovery by responding to key policy demands.
Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA)
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- Principles for a Just Recovery – We’re calling for a global response to COVID-19 that will ensure a fair recovery for all in the light of this crisis.
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Share Your Story
Share your stories about why a just recovery matters to you. All you have to do is post it on Instagram and use #JustRecovery