‘…one last chance to redesign the global economy before the climate crisis becomes irreversible.’
Seizing the days: Martin Leng and Andrew Lane of QCEA
The road outside Quaker House in Brussels is usually busy with cars, including the occasional motorcade of a world leader unavoidably confronted by the banners outside our building. For now the road is quiet, and Belgium, like most of Europe, is on lockdown. But at Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) we know we must stay busy. The pandemic and its aftermath will shape life in the coming years, and even decades. There are bleak forecasts of the human cost and economic disruption, including millions of job losses in Europe and a global recession. We must already think about how the work and witness of Friends might fit into this uncertain future.
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