Oxfam's Destroy and Rebuild Index: 'Wealthy minority of investors benefit from both sides of crisis'
Summary
Oxfam France climate inequality officer Selma Huart discusses how vulnerable communities face greater harm and costs from climate disasters, while wealthy investors can profit from polluting industries and reconstruction. She calls for taxes on wealthy polluters to fund protection for vulnerable communities.Key Facts
- The report is titled Oxfam’s Destroy and Rebuild Index.
- Selma Huart is Oxfam France’s Climate Inequality Advocacy Officer.
- Huart says vulnerable populations bear much of the harm and cost of the climate crisis.
- The discussion links concentrated wealth with unequal exposure to disasters.
- Huart says investors can profit from both polluting industries and rebuilding after disasters.
- She argues that redistribution should be central to climate policy.
- Huart calls for taxes on wealthy polluters to fund protection for vulnerable communities.
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