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Climate change response: Linking research, policy and action

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

Patrick Troy
Patrick Troy*
Affiliation:
The Australian National University, Australia
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Patrick Troy, Fenner School of Environment and Society, ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment, The Australian National University, Linnaeus Way, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. Email: patrick.troy@anu.edu.au
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Abstract

We are now close to reaching what climate scientists advise is a ‘tipping point’ when the injuries we have visited on the planet will become self-reinforcing and produce an ecosystem that is alien to human life. The mal-distribution of consumption within and between nations is a major reason why there is little agreement on appropriate remedial action. Ensuring planetary survival while reducing inequity is made the more difficult, because the richest one-seventh of the world’s population has already reached consumption levels beyond the capacity of the planetary ecosystem to accommodate it.

Keywords

A13C82D70D90E20F02Climate change policyconsumptionenergy targetsglobal warminggrowthinter-regional equitysocial inequityurban planning

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