In the wake of Washington's embrace of "Keynesianism" and the European Union's embrace of "green recovery" plans, it's time for social democracy to take up the mantle and "meet the challenge of climate change," writes Julian Savulescu in Social Europe.
To do so, the left needs to adopt a "language of 21st-century modernity," he writes.
Here are his five key steps: Harmony with nature: "The core task is not for'man to conquer nature' but for humanity to work in harmony with it."
Digital revolution: "The choice is neither a simplistic model of business-led green transformation nor a reassertion of an exclusive labor movement."
Pluralism: "Pluralism has to be at the heart of any successful green-deal movement."
Broad coalitions: "There are vacancies for 21st-century European city mayors to create versions of a 'platform socialism' which would be the modern equivalent of Joseph Chamberlain's 19th-century'municipal socialism' in Birmingham."
Common sense: "To safeguard our common future a new, low-carbon model of sustainable development has to become the 'common sense' of the age."
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