4PLANET IMPACT / ISSUE
Unequal environmental burden
Environmental damage and resource pressures are not distributed equally; vulnerable groups can face higher exposure while receiving fewer benefits or less influence.
Why it matters
Environmental justice requires attention to who bears risks, who receives benefits and who participates in decisions.
What the sources establish
UNEP's Global Resources Outlook documents major inequalities in resource consumption and the distribution of environmental impacts between regions and income groups.
Source: https://www.unep.org/en/publications/report/global-resources-outlook-2024
Published action
No project on this issue has passed the IMPACT publication gate yet. That is not evidence that no work exists.
Known and not established
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Sources
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Approaches associated with this problem
No independently reviewed solution comparison is published for this problem.
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