Doing what just is: uncovering the path to climate justice within the Netherlands
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2022-07-10
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Over the past years, the Netherlands experienced an increase in extreme weather events tormenting the country, ranging from opposing natural hazards as heatwaves to floods all resulting as a consequence of climate change. The ecological consequences of these have been examined, however neither for the Netherlands nor for the European Union it is clear how climate change affects the population. To understand how to achieve climate justice, distributing the effects of climate change evenly over the population, this thesis examines what groups are hit hardest by climate change, both in vulnerability to hazards as in having the means to cope with them. The thesis also examines how current policies affect inequality within the country. A review of government documents, reports, literature and quantitative data showed that the low-income population and elderly suffer most from the consequences of climate change. For the Netherlands to achieve climate justice Dutch policymakers should focus on implementing policies that do not deteriorate inequalities by only benefiting part of the population and include a representation of the entire population when designing climate mitigation policies.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen