Commentary
The burden of environmental degradation is felt not only through physical labor but also emotional and social loss.
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The Net Zero Trap
Countries Need to Reduce Emissions Now, Not Just in the Distant Future.
Published on Jul 12, 2022
About the Author
Kelly Sims Gallagher
Nonresident Scholar, Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics Program
Kelly Sims Gallagher is a nonresident scholar in the Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics Program at the Carnegie Endowment and is dean, professor of energy and environmental policy, and director of the Center for International Environment & Resource Policy, at The Fletcher School at Tufts University.
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
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