Thomas Piketty, author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century:
The main challenges of our times are the rise in inequality and global warming.1
Robert Reich:
Climate change and widening inequality are not two separate issues.2
Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything:
Fighting inequality on every front and through multiple means must be understood as a central strategy in the battle against climate change.3
1Thomas Piketty, “We must rethink globalization, or Trumpism will prevail”, The Guardian, 16 November 2016, https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/16/globalization-trump-inequality-thomaspiketty
2Robert Reich: Climate and Inequality, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gON68n8ko0
3Naomi Klein, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate, Simon & Schuster, New York, 2014.