• To achieve decarbonisation on the required scale demands economic degrowth, at least in the short term. This does not necessarily require a reduction in living standards.
• For a just transition, the cost of degrowth must be paid for by the wealthiest, who have benefited enormously from the current destructive world order, while others have faced the consequences.
• A just transition to a sustainable system requires the wealth from the 1% to be used for the common benefit.
Sure, it's a leftist position. But these ideas are increasingly popular and probably worth debating on HN as well.