Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has shared a video showing a hopeful vision for how America can tackle climate change.
The short film is based on the Democratic congresswoman’s Green New Deal, an ambitious plan to restructure the US economy to provide new jobs while protecting the environment.
In the video, AOC sends a message “from ten years in the future”, imagining a history of the 2020s in which America takes climate change seriously and turns the country around.
What if we actually pulled off a #GreenNewDeal? What would the future look like? The Intercept presents a film narr… https://t.co/hgajXknxQi— The Intercept (@The Intercept) 1555510378
AOC’s vision starts by explaining how top scientists warned of the effects of climate change in the 1970s and how many ignored those warnings while fossil fuel corporations got richer during the decades that followed.
It then goes on to imagine how climate change policies could change America for good.
The Green New Deal is still short on specific policies for how a climate-friendly economy could be achieved – something that appears to be deliberate to allow for flexibility.
However, that hasn’t stopped it generating enthusiasm with left-wing Democrats and climate-change campaigners.
This is exactly the kind of future we must fight for. We have 11 short years to come together to massively transiti… https://t.co/ZQE5kfmd99— Bernie Sanders (@Bernie Sanders) 1555540530
I've never been more excited to share a project, or more honored to work with such fearsomely talented people. This… https://t.co/PQUL3jXsu7— Naomi Klein (@Naomi Klein) 1555511012
Imagine what would happen if we rose to the challenge of climate change. @AOC offers up a hopeful vision of that cl… https://t.co/romee5hDG1— Earthjustice (@Earthjustice) 1555537676
Time to move past fear. To dream & think big. Take a moment and watch the video below to take a peek at the kind of… https://t.co/QvSyfgUCfk— Susan Sarandon (@Susan Sarandon) 1555535527
Of course, there were also people who criticised the video – although their criticism generally focused on personal attacks on AOC rather than serious reasons why we shouldn’t do something about climate change.
This video of @AOC narrating how she saved the world is SO GOOD https://t.co/NfKanrZnEy— Ben Shapiro (@Ben Shapiro) 1555522580
Many Democratic presidential candidates have already backed the Green New Deal, such as Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, and Elizabeth Warren.
HT: Mashable