Climate change mitigation strategies: impacts and obstacles in low- and middle- income countries

Published 2022 – As part of the Earth4All project, collaborators have submitted deep-dive papers to delve further into the issues and solutions needed to transform our economic system and provide an equitable future for all on a finite planet. This paper discusses the possible adverse effects of well-meaning climate mitigation strategies, furthermore, the paper considers how these adverse effects can themselves be mitigated.

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Authors: Debamanyu Das, Shouvik Chakraborty and Jayati Ghosh

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