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Social inequalities and climate change
Social inequalities related to climate change can be linked to various social and identity-based traits, including socioeconomic status, race, gender, disabilities, age, and geography. These traits often intersect to compound vulnerabilities and exposure to climate impacts. For example, women commonly face higher risks and greater burdens from the impacts of climate change in situations of poverty, and the majority of the world’s poor are women.
Similarly, intergenerational inequity highlights how children and young people today have not significantly contributed to the climate crisis but will bear its full force as they advance through life. These are only some of the many perspectives on how social issues intertwine with climate change impacts.