The climate gap: environmental health and equity implications of climate change and mitigation policies in California-a review of the literature
The climate gap: environmental health and equity implications of climate change and mitigation policies in California-a review of the literature
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DOI：
10.1007/s10584-011-0310-7
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发表时间：
2011-12-01
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4.8
通讯作者：
Sadd, James
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作者：
Shonkoff, Seth B.;Morello-Frosch, Rachel;Sadd, James
气候变化是一个对人权、公共卫生和社会经济公平至关重要的问题，因为它总体上造成多种后果，对弱势和社会边缘化群体造成不成比例的影响。对气候变化的脆弱性取决于社区预测、科普、抵御和从重大天气事件的影响中恢复的能力。气候变化将影响工业和农业部门，以及交通、卫生和能源基础设施。这些变化将对整个加州的不同社区产生重大的健康和经济后果。如果没有积极的政策来解决这些公平问题，气候变化可能会加强和扩大当前和未来的社会经济差距，使低收入，少数民族和政治边缘化群体的经济机会减少，环境和健康负担增加。本文探讨了气候变化对加州弱势群体的不成比例的影响，并调查了2006年加州全球变暖解决方案法案（AB 32）中规定的气候变化减缓战略的成本和效益。最后，知识差距，未来的研究重点和政策影响。
Climate change is an issue of great importance for human rights, public health, and socioeconomic equity because of its diverse consequences overall as well as its disproportionate impact on vulnerable and socially marginalized populations. Vulnerability to climate change is determined by a community's ability to anticipate, cope with, resist, and recover from the impact of major weather events. Climate change will affect industrial and agricultural sectors, as well as transportation, health, and energy infrastructure. These shifts will have significant health and economic consequences for diverse communities throughout California. Without proactive policies to address these equity concerns, climate change will likely reinforce and amplify current as well as future socioeconomic disparities, leaving low-income, minority, and politically marginalized groups with fewer economic opportunities and more environmental and health burdens. This review explores the disproportionate impacts of climate change on vulnerable groups in California and investigates the costs and benefits of the climate change mitigation strategies specified for implementation in the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32). Lastly, knowledge gaps, future research priorities, and policy implications are identified.