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The world is functioning outside the lines. The governance structures currently abided by are not supportive enough when it comes to fighting climate change and other environmental degradation. Perhaps it’s time to start anew. In his first book, Forbes advocates for global taxation and regulation to protect this global asset, the planet. Packed full of facts, data, statistics and figures, Forbes’ book offers a compelling argument to save the planet.
Angus Forbes has a long experience working at the coalface of capitalism, consumerism and capital allocation, and his passion for progressive governance and sound knowledge of environmental degradation have led him to advocate for quite a unique solution, the Global Planet Authority.
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How to elect the first global governance to protect the biosphere
No universal agency has been built to protect the biosphere against global forces of degredation, until now.
This book advocates for global governance of the biosphere and the formation of a Global Planet Authority.
An informative, well-researched call-to-arms.
A battle against climate change to save the planet, and the environment, for future generations to come.
Book Details
Publisher: LID Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-912555-30-7
FORMAT: 198 x 129mm
Bookbinding: Paperback
184pp
Author
Angus Forbes is a former City banker turned environmentalist and a passionate advocate of global governance of the biosphere. Founder of both VoteGPA.com and the social enterprise, Bankers Without Boundaries, he was also the inaugural Project Director of the Prince’s Rainforest Project at Clarence House. Australian-born Angus lives in England.
Whatever we do, let’s come together, right now.
Sir Paul McCartney
Every so often an idea comes along that shakes the very foundations of your thinking. A passionate restatement of PrimoLevi’s clarion call: If not us, who? If not now, when? A powerful and urgent opportunity for humanity – utterly compelling.
Sir Tim Smit, Founder of the Eden Project
The most visionary book since Silent Spring.
Chris Darwing, great-great grandson of Charles Darwin
My sport is global, so I completely relate to this concept. We need global protection of the biosphere immediately.
Annabel Croft, Former professional tennis player
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