Environmental Justice and Carbon Pricing: Can They Be Reconciled?

Carbon pricing has been criticized by environmental justice advocates on the grounds that it fails to reduce emissions significantly, fails to reduce the disproportionate impacts of hazardous co‐pollutants on people of color and low‐income communities, hits low‐income households harder than wealthie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Boyce, James K., Ash, Michael, Ranalli, Brent
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
Materias:
Perspectives
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10069313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37020631
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gch2.202200204
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Sumario:Carbon pricing has been criticized by environmental justice advocates on the grounds that it fails to reduce emissions significantly, fails to reduce the disproportionate impacts of hazardous co‐pollutants on people of color and low‐income communities, hits low‐income households harder than wealthier households, and commodifies nature. Designing carbon pricing policy to address these concerns can yield outcomes that are both more effective and more equitable.

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