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The Political Feasibility Of A Just Climate Transition
Action to address climate change is essential. But the effects of such action are often imbalanced: the benefits are diffuse and long-term, while the losses are often frontloaded and concentrated amongst certain communities.
That imposes two kinds of challenge:
- the idea that some people, such as workers in fossil fuel industries, might face higher costs than the rest of us seems unfair.
- voters are rarely willing to accept short-term harms in return for future benefits that seem distant and uncertain.
A solution to these problems may lie in compensating those who face heightened costs, for…
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