Towards transformative climate justice : key challenges and future directions for research

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The study identifies and addresses gaps and future entry points for Southern-led research on climate justice. The paper argues that addressing structural root causes (historical injustices, land rights, political participation and governance) is key to achieving climate justice goals in the long term. Transformative climate justice is proposed as a way of moving beyond the ‘silos’ of mitigation and adaptation, towards bridging the gap between justice concerns in climate change funding and actual interventions on the ground. Climate justice reflects the facts of climate change, as well as efforts to tackle it, and to raise ethical, equity and rights issues.

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CLIMATE JUSTICE, CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION, ACCESS TO JUSTICE, CLIMATE FINANCE, GOVERNANCE, NORTH-SOUTH COOPERATION, RESEARCH NETWORKS, RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH, GLOBAL SOUTH

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