InequalityClimate changeGHG emissionsEnvironmental Kuznets curveSustainable development goalsPolitical economyThis paper re-evaluates the income-inequality relationship while considering nonhomotheticity in gree
This chapter provides a broad overview of the relationship between climate change and environmental justice. It provides (1) a brief review of the concept of environmental justice, (2) discussion about how environmental justice applies to climate change, and (3) several examples of how environmental...
Climate justice is increasingly prominent in climate change communication and advocacy but little is known about public understanding of the concept or how widely it resonates with different groups. In our global survey of 5,627 adults in 11 countries spanning the global north and south, most part...
We develop general equilibrium models that incorporate an agricultural equipment sector to explore the impact of climate change on skilled-unskilled wage inequality in a small open economy, with a specific focus on the role of the domestic capital market. In the model with the agricultural equipment...
release around 1.6 tonnes of CO2, according to Nicholas’s study – almost as much as the average yearly emissions of one person in India. This also highlights the inequality of climate change: while everyone will be af...
September 24, 2020This week, McKinsey joined other organizations at Climate Week NYC to discuss ways we can recover from COVID-19 while simultaneously addressing environmental challenges. Ahead of the event, we released a compendium on climate change. Here are six sustainability priorities...
Rising wealth inequality is a major challenge for this century, and climate change could further exacerbate it. Based on an overview of existing studies, this Perspective proposes a framework to advance understanding of wealth inequality in relation to climate change and climate policies. ...
first, the existing research lacks a discussion on the relationship between climate change and energy poverty, as well as the environmental regulation and energy poverty, especially on the moderating effect of environmental regulation. based on the china's provincial panel data, this paper uses fe ...
While the so-called experts are blaming climate change—and in the process demanding that government grab even more power and authority ostensibly to someday give us better weather—the destructiveness of this fire was the product of an all-powerful and all-incompetent régime. …To review, a ...
Protecting forests is essential as they mitigate climate change-induced environmental conditions and protect watersheds, which account for 75 percent of the world’s freshwater. Additionally, forests reduce the risk of natural disasters such as floods, droughts, and landslides. The combination of land...