Climate equity with an economic twist
Posted by Anna Barnett | Categories: Anna Barnett, Climate Policy
For the better part of two decades, international climate policy has held industrialized countries responsible for the world’s carbon habit. But today developing-country emissions make up more than half the world’s total and are climbing faster than emissions in the wealthy North. A paper just out in PNAS offers a new argument that aims to bring these troubling emissions into the fold of a global climate deal – while preserving a sense of equity and the right of the planet’s poorest to seek prosperity. Read more
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