Climate change response: Linking research, policy and action

Patrick Troy

The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 2014, vol. 25, issue 4, 619-628

Abstract: We are now close to reaching what climate scientists advise is a ‘tipping point’ when the injuries we have visited on the planet will become self-reinforcing and produce an ecosystem that is alien to human life. The mal-distribution of consumption within and between nations is a major reason why there is little agreement on appropriate remedial action. Ensuring planetary survival while reducing inequity is made the more difficult, because the richest one-seventh of the world’s population has already reached consumption levels beyond the capacity of the planetary ecosystem to accommodate it.

Keywords: Climate change policy; consumption; energy targets; global warming; growth; inter-regional equity; social inequity; urban planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 C82 D70 D90 E20 F02 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1177/1035304614559326

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