UN Wants to Destroy Capitalism to fight climate change

I know I know, alarmist title. But by the UN Climate chief's own admission:

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Originally Posted by Figueres “This is probably the most difficult task we have ever given ourselves, which is to intentionally transform the economic development model, for the first time in human history….This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time to change the economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years, since the industrial revolution.”

So what economic model could that be? The Wall street Journal chimes in:

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Originally Posted by WSJ “Capitalism has been the primary economic model of the west since the industrial revolution. Therefore, the only logical conclusion, based on her [Figueres] stated objective, is the eradication of capitalism and free market economics, to be replaced with a model based on monetary redistribution. This we know by the redistribution calculations being developed by the UN’s IPCC for developed nations to pay ‘reparations’ and ‘carbon offsets’ to poorer countries based on carbon dioxide emissions.”

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Obviously a lot of fear and paranoia is responding to these comments made, I was looking for a more balanced perspective. What do you think Figueres means?

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