Truly global universal basic income to save the planet?

The Act blog is meant to offer ideas and inspiration on ways to take action based on the environmental and humanistic values encoded within the Fern Hill Center practices.  How do we share our love as individuals receiving so much from the earth?  What have we received from others, and how do we pay that forward?  The problems are enormous: the globe is on fire and climate change will destroy the planet as we know it; some parents must sell their children into slavery to survive leading to unspeakable horrors; malnutrition remains problematic for 20% of the world’s children; violence – particularly gender violence directed toward women – is rampant and the risk for experiencing violence is increased by poverty.  The coronavirus pandemic is throwing tens of millions – and perhaps hundreds of millions – of people into unemployment and the poorest are the most vulnerable.

This article by Mark Maslin and Simon Lewis suggests that environmentalists should consider advocating for a basic global universal income to cut the links between poverty and consumption – work simply to fend off economic insecurity that ends up damaging the environment.  What if environmentalists banded together with human rights advocates to advocate for a global basic income that could help reduce both economic and social injustice?  Do you know of any mainstream organizations facilitating this level of crosstalk?  The only organization I found was the World Basic Income campaign based in the UK which has some interesting info but last posted about the idea several months ago on their blog.

Here are a few other interesting academic links related to the idea of a universal basic income:

https://publicpolicy.wharton.upenn.edu/live/news/3136-a-closer-look-at-universal-basic-income

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/01/why-we-should-all-have-a-basic-income/

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/2/19/21112570/universal-basic-income-ubi-map