Why Income Redistribution Can Build Climate Resilience

05/10/20

“How could income redistribution help build climate resilience?”

An individual and community’s resilience to climate change can be highly dependent on their assets and income. Since some have much more than they need to survive and many more much less, redistributing some of those can help the latter group better adapt to climate change. This could come in the form of creating funds for more public and mixed-market housing in climate safe-zones or universal basic income. This is Why Income Redistribution Can Build Climate Resilience.

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