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Unsustainable Inequalities

Social Justice and the Environment

Lucas Chancel

Translated by Malcolm DeBevoise

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$32.00 • £27.95 • €29.95

ISBN 9780674984653

Publication Date: 10/06/2020

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184 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

15 illus., 2 tables

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Lucas Chancel is Affiliate Professor at Sciences Po and Codirector of the World Inequality Lab at the Paris School of Economics.

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At the Guardian, read Lucas Chancel’s argument—informed by his work with the World Inequality Database—that since the richest 10% produce about half of greenhouse gas emissions, they should pay to fix the climate
Listen to Chancel discuss the challenges of climate change on the Irish radio program Taking Stock
Watch or listen to Chancel’s conversation with Dr. Alina Averchenkova of the London School of Economics and Political Science at an October 2020 online event hosted by the LSE’s International Inequalities Institute

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