Climate change isn’t fair but Tony Juniper’s new book explains how a green transition could be ‘just’

Tony Juniper. Jason Bye, CC BY-NC-ND

Inequality – between the rich and poor or between the powerful and the weak – is the main factor stalling action on environmental problems including biodiversity loss, pollution and climate change, according to British environmentalist Tony Juniper.

In his new book, Just Earth: How a Fairer World Will Save the Planet, he argues that “if we want to build a secure future, both environmental priorities and social justice must be pursued together”. Much of this is about how decisions are made...