Climate Justice: Equity and Justice Informing a New Climate Agreement

This research paper by the World Resources Institute and the Mary Robinson Foundation — Climate Justice examines the intersection of climate change and justice to inform the climate agreement being negotiated for 2015. It analyzes how socio-ecological and economic systems contribute to injustice for vulnerable populations and explores the use of climate justice narratives to mobilize domestic demand for climate action.

• The paper argues that climate change is a matter of injustice because environmental challenges are linked to economic and socio-ecological systems that violate the rights of vulnerable, marginalized, and poor populations.
• The document analyzes the historical treatment of equity in climate negotiations to identify essential equity issues that need to be addressed in the new climate agreement planned for 2015.
• The authors investigate how climate justice narratives can be utilized by various constituencies to generate domestic demand for climate action, drawing parallels to strategies used in other social movements.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Climate Justice: Equity and Justice Informing a New Climate Agreement. https://www.wri.org/research/climate-justice

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Climate Justice: Equity and Justice Informing a New Climate Agreement. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/climate-justice.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendclimate, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Climate Justice: Equity and Justice Informing a New Climate Agreement}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/climate-justice}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }