1/ There can be no environmental transition without a social transition! This category highlights challenges that encourage openness, community-building, and mutual support. True sustainability is not just about protecting nature—it’s also about ensuring fair resource distribution and standing together during hardships. Whether it's responding to natural disasters or supporting vulnerable communities, social solidarity strengthens our collective ability to navigate crises.

2/ Summarizing global inequality in numbers is challenging, but some key figures reveal the scale of the issue:

• In 2019, the 26 richest individuals owned as much wealth as the poorest half of the world’s population.

Oxfam Report

• Since 2020, the five richest men in the world have doubled their wealth, while the combined wealth of 5 billion people has declined.

Oxfam Inequality Report 2024

• Climate Change & Gender Inequality: Women and girls are disproportionately affected by climate disasters—80% of people displaced by environmental crises are female. https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/climate-change

3/ Key Challenges to Address

Fighting Neocolonialism in Consumer Culture

• Overconsumption in wealthy countries fuels fast fashion, fast food, and exploitative industries that harm marginalized communities globally.
• Example: The fast fashion industry exploits garment workers in low-income countries while creating massive textile waste and pollution.
• Solution: Support ethical brands and slow fashion alternatives.

**https://ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/topics/fashion/overview**

4/ Neglecting the most vulnerable undermines social cohesion, a crucial element of our society’s ecological transition, by creating tensions. It is essential to reflect on our role, our actions, and our privileges, and to educate ourselves on social issues—especially by listening to and supporting organizations led by discriminated, marginalized, or excluded communities.

We all have something to learn from one another.

Let’s not forget: consuming better starts with consuming less. And giving is receiving! 😊