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Sustainable policies likely affect the poorest the least. Climate change will affect them the most. The poorest already make a lot of sustainable choices: livi
by ant6n 3y ago
Sustainable policies likely affect the poorest the least. Climate change will affect them the most.
The poorest already make a lot of sustainable choices: living in apartments in cities, taking public transportation, consuming less.
It’s possible that if carbon was heavily taxed, and some of the proceeds returned to everybody, that the poorest would actually be better off. Never mind the whole stopping the climate catastrophe threat.
- goatlover 3y agoThe poorest mostly live in the developing world that's still catching up and has the highest birth rates. Yes, their carbon footprint is low now. But their energy needs will keep going up until they fully develop and the global population peaks (a couple billion more people from now). It's unclear to what extent clean energies will meet their increasing demand, at least before the world can decarbonize, whenever that happens.