Achieving social equity in climate action: untapped opportunities and building blocks for leaving no one behind
Bouyé, Mathilde ; O'Connor, David ; Tankou, Alexander ; Grinspan, Delfina ; Waskow, David ; Chattopadhyay, Soumya ; Scott, Andrew
WRI - Washington, DC
2021
94 p.
climate change ; social inequality ; social justice
Working Paper
November 2021
Social sciences
https://doi.org/10.46830/wriwp.19.00090
English
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"Climate action offers massive opportunities to reduce social inequalities, but they remain largely untapped. This is a key finding from our review of the impacts of priority climate measures in six systems—industry, energy, transport, cities, agriculture, and forestry. This paper highlights pitfalls to avoid and building blocks for fairer climate action."
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