GC044
Incorporating Equity Concerns into Climate Change Impact Estimates and Policy Analysis

Session ID#: 74833

Session Description:
Concerns about equity have important implications for international climate policy.  Populations least responsible for past emissions often face the dual challenge of being highly vulnerable to climate impacts while lacking resources for adaptation measures.  Actions to mitigate carbon emissions also affect energy access, health, and related development goals in ways that can improve or worsen the well-being of disadvantaged communities.  Deciding how much to reduce global emissions and who should bear the burden for these reductions requires a deep understanding of linkages between climate, equity, and development.

This session will bring together an interdisciplinary mix of researchers in economics, integrated assessment modeling, public health, climate science, and applied ethics.  We welcome contributions on topics including but not limited to (1) empirical climate impact estimates differentiated by income group, gender, etc., (2) how equity considerations influence climate policy decision-making, and (3) the uneven impacts/costs climate policies can impose on vulnerable communities.

Index Terms:

1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4329 Sustainable development [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4330 Vulnerability [NATURAL HAZARDS]
6304 Benefit-cost analysis [POLICY SCIENCES]

Primary Convener:  Frank Cooper Errickson, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
Conveners:  Mark Budolfson, University of Vermont, Burlington, United States, Wei Peng, Penn State University, School of International Affairs and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, PA, United States and Fabian Wagner, IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria
Primary Liaison:  Frank Cooper Errickson, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
 
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