The Green perception of the world is this. The world is a tough place. The main thing that matters to any country, large or small, is global sustainability. The global economy has taken a hit in recent times, the biggest in nearly a century. This will prove to be the beginning of a series of major global crises—financial, economic, and ecological. We believe that this requires a fundamental rethink of our value systems, our political doctrines, and our economic theories. We see the global population continuing to soar, with greater pressure on global resources and the unprecedented challenge of climate change. We must plan our stewardship of the planet in the Anthropocene, steering the global economy within the nine planetary boundaries. We must have regard to our ecological footprint. We must change course. If we do not, we condemn our children to a catastrophic future, not a brighter one. A Green Budget will be a transformational budget, not a steady-as-she-goes budget.
Enough of the steady-as-she-goes approach. Enough of this Government's self-preening about sound macroeconomic management when, in reality, it is stumbling blindly along.
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