The Global Marshall Plan is a plan first devised by former

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in his bestselling book ''

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'', which gives specific ideas on how to save the global environment. Gore states: "The model of the

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can be of great help. For example, a Global Marshall Plan must focus on strategic goals and emphasize actions and programs that are likely to remove the bottlenecks presently inhibiting the healthy functioning of the

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. The new global economy must be an inclusive system that does not leave entire regions behind. The new plan will require the wealthy nations to allocate money for transferring environmentally helpful technologies to the

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and to help impoverished nations achieve a stable population and a new pattern of sustainable economic progress. To work, however, any such effort will also require wealthy nations to make a transition themselves that will be in some ways more wrenching than that of the Third World." Source: Earth in the Balance, page 297-301 Global Marshall Plan: Five strategic goals "In my view, five strategic goals must direct and inform our efforts to save the global environment": * stabilizing of

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* the rapid development of environmentally appropriate technologies * a comprehensive change in the economic "rules of the road" by which we measure the impact of our decisions on the environment * negotiation & approval of a new generation of international agreements * a cooperative plan for educating the world's citizens about our global environment. The idea is based on the post-

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that saw the United States send billions of dollars to

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nations to rebuild their war shattered economies. In order to further the idea of a GMP and to coordinate the various initiatives, NGOs, scientists, activists and groups in the field of development cooperation and global social justice the Global Marshall Plan Initiative was founded by members of the

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, the

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, the Eco-Social Forum Europe,

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and other organisations in Frankfurt, Germany in 2003. The two main objectives are to find new ways and sources of financing in development cooperation, predominantly pursuing the

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of the UN and the worldwide propagation of the

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, which is considered to be one of today's key strategies of initiative.

Literature

* Franz Josef Radermacher: Global Marshall Plan. A Planetary Contract. Hamburg, 2004.

External links

Global Marshall Plan InitiativePlant for the Planet InitiativeGMPI Regional Groups

References

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