Sustainable Policy Institute June 2021 Journal: Same storm, different boats
In recent years, more than 100 countries have pledged to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 or earlier. But while the destination is common to all, countries differ widely in their abilities and resources in terms of how – and how quickly – they can reach it. This is because while, as a planet, we are all in the same climate storm, we are not all in the same boat.
A perhaps simplified but useful distinction is the...