Climate, Inequality, and the Need for Reframing Climate Policy

Juliet Schor

Review of Radical Political Economics, 2015, vol. 47, issue 4, 525-536

Abstract: Humans are on the precipice of dangerous climate change. In this lecture, I discuss the importance of inequality in climate solutions and the ways in which the framing of climate change has impeded action to mitigate emissions. I critique the standard formulation of a tradeoff between well-being and environmental protection. I argue for the need to reframe climate action as a positive good and discuss the impact of the Great Recession on climate discourse in the United States. I review recent history on de-coupling and argue for new approaches to climate policy, such as cap-and-dividend and the use of productivity growth to reduce hours of work and by extension emissions.

Keywords: climate change; global warming; climate discourse; working hours; de-coupling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B5 Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1177/0486613415576114

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