Climate justice and environmental inequality
I can explain how climate change impacts are felt unequally and why this leads many people to call for climate justice.
Climate justice and environmental inequality
I can explain how climate change impacts are felt unequally and why this leads many people to call for climate justice.
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Key learning points
- Historically, high income countries have produced more greenhouse gases than low income countries.
- Low income countries are often more vulnerable to climate change as they have fewer resources to adapt to its impacts.
- Many people call for climate justice, so that poorer and more vulnerable people are not unfairly affected.
Keywords
Greenhouse gases - gases in Earth's atmosphere that trap heat, such as carbon dioxide
Climate change - long-term changes in the climate and weather patterns
Anthropogenic - caused by human activity
Common misconception
China produces the most greenhouse gases per capita in the world.
China produces the most greenhouse gases in the world, but with a population of over 1.4 billion people, their per capita emissions are significantly lower than many other countries.
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