A disorderly climate transition will exacerbate inequalities – ArabianBusiness

A disorderly climate transition will exacerbate inequalities – ArabianBusiness

While governments worldwide face increasing pressure to thwart the worst consequences of climate change, their respective policies and subsequent trajectories differ wildly.

The result may be an inequitable energy transition that drives societies apart and causes untold misery to those already suffering the most.

The inequity is already here. Data from the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) confirms that disasters linked to climate change worsen poverty and undermine food insecurity and access to natural resources in ways that can stoke instability and violence.