Patrick Brown

Campaigns & Operations Director at Equal Right, former Alliance Party MLA for South Down

[Dan Perlman @danjperlman]

Rob Reiner directed the best American romcom (When Harry Met Sally), the best coming-of-age film (Stand By Me), the best fantasy comedy (Princess Bride), the best mockumentary (This Is Spinal Tap), the best courtroom drama showdown (A Few Good Men). The best

[CAN-UK @CAN_UK_]

A just transition for workers and communities is the headline outcome – as #COP30 ends in confusion in Belem – but the COP did not deliver as promised on implementation with no meaningful action on finance.

Read CAN-UK reaction here: https://t.co/ivb6s4uuRL

[DOUG.SLIMA @slima_doug]

Incêndio na @Cop30noBrasil #COP30

[Equal Right @EqualRightOrg]

As the world arrives in Belém for COP30, Equal Right will be on the ground advocating for Cap and Share, Cash for Conservation and Basic Income for a Just Transition.

Our event agenda for the blue and green zones is below. If you're in Belém, please join us!

[Equal Right @EqualRightOrg]

Ahead of #COP30, we are launching out “Basic Income for a Just Transition” Paper, showing how unconditional cash can drive #ClimateJustice across 5 key #UNFCCC workstreams.
Read the paper here: https://t.co/3SyGzVlE25
#JustTransition #LossAndDamage #ClimateFinance

[Dan Oliver @danoliver]

Green Party membership must be skyrocketing right now.

[Patrick Brown @DrPatrickBrown]

The media spin against the new Green leader has begun - @ZackPolanski nails this question, sums up a credible alternative economic system in under a minute, and this is the headline!

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

“You are not answering my question, with respect.”

@vicderbyshire challenges newly elected Green Party leader @ZackPolanski on his plans to increase Government spending, who adds:
“We don't need to borrow, we don't need to tax and spend, we need to spend and tax.”

#Newsnight

[Matu Mureithi @MatuClouds]

Unconditional cash transfers have the power to transform ecosystems and deliver #ClimateJustice. Join me Thursday at 4pm BRT for the #BIENCongress with @EqualRightOrg & @coolearth as we showcase their role in conservation and community resilience. @BasicIncomeOrg

[UBI4ALL @UBI4ALL_]

Less than a week until our 9th Basic Income raffle! 🥰🇧🇷🧚🏼‍♀️

[Rutger Bregman @rcbregman]

AMAZING result from a 10-year study: a one-time $1,000 cash transfer to households in rural Kenya cut infant mortality by 48%.

One of the biggest gains EVER seen in global health.

“The best way to save a child’s life is to give a mother money when she needs it most.”

[Equal Right @EqualRightOrg]

Good news from Brazil and Colombia!
Thanks to Eduardo Suplicy , lifelong advocate for Universal Basic Income, for celebrating the bill presented last week in Colombia - led by Alirio Uribe Muñoz - and for acknowledging our contribution.

[Equal Right @EqualRightOrg]

📣 COL
Se radica en el Congreso el proyecto de Renta Básica Universal! Equal Right respalda esta iniciativa con investigación e incidencia!

UBI Bill filed in Congress! We support this initiative through research & advocacy!

Hito para Colombia! Great milestone for Colombia!

[Basic Income Earth @BasicIncomeOrg]

South Korea ramps up plans for a universal stimulus payment to 'the poor, the nearly poor, and people living in rural areas'
Could this be the first step on the road towards #BasicIncome for new Korean President (and former #UBI advocate) Lee Jae-myung
https://t.co/niAAhWNArY

[Equal Right @EqualRightOrg]

🌍 What if conservation started with trust?

On June 11 in Nairobi, we co-hosted the #CashForConservation workshop with @GiveDirectly & @grp_resilience to explore how direct cash transfers can support both people & planet.

Read GiveDirectly’s blog post https://t.co/Td4zXgzrRd

[the UBI guy @theUBIguy]

Consider: during a basic income pilot in Namibia, poaching in the area dropped 95%.

...pausing to let that stat sink in...

A vulnerable population is exploitable; an empowered one protects its land and resources from extraction.

[Patrick Brown @DrPatrickBrown]

Very excited to be launching this project with the wonderful folks @coolearth!

[Equal Right @EqualRightOrg]

Big news from the Amazon🌿

@coolearth & Equal Right are launching a groundbreaking partnership to pilot Basic Income for Peace with Nature in the Colombian Amazon.

Unconditional cash. Forest protection. Dignity for communities.
#BasicIncome #Amazon #ClimateJustice

[Equal Right @EqualRightOrg]

What if financial security was the key to climate justice? In Tuvalu, our project #UC4CJ is piloting unconditional cash for #ClimateJustice. The concept is simple: give activists the financial security they need to sustain their work, no strings attached.

https://t.co/qNo4T89QZ9

[Equal Right @EqualRightOrg]

This morning, Equal Right was delighted to be part of a National Stakeholder Forum led by the Malawi Government on Cap and Share.

This high-level event, held at the Bingu International Conference Centre in Lilongwe and convened by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs

[Patrick Brown @DrPatrickBrown]

Equal Right is proud to have contributed technical support on the publication of a paper that sets out a bold vision for 'real climate justice' in Malawi. You can read the paper on the Task Force's webpage, here: https://t.co/Pf0UWd2KUO

[Patrick Brown @DrPatrickBrown]

This morning, Equal Right was delighted to be part of a National Stakeholder Forum led by the Malawi Government on Cap and Share.

This high-level event, held at the Bingu International Conference Centre in Lilongwe and convened by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs

[Patrick Brown @DrPatrickBrown]

presented the findings from the Malawi Cap and Share Task Force. Since launching in January this year, the Task Force has been working diligently to explore what a Cap and Share policy could look like for Malawi.