Abstract

We will investigate in this paper the relation between income inequality and climate change, taking into account that the increase of carbon emissions has among consequences the increase of inequalities. The most vulnerable to climate change are the poorest and less developed countries. Climate change represents an important challenge for EU policymakers and the transition to zerocarbon emissions will lead to greater social inclusion and convergence among EU countries. We use in this paper two-stage OLS in order to analyse the relationship between income inequality and carbon emissions in case of EU countries.. We apply our model to two groups of European Union countries, the old member states - EU15 and new member states - EU13. Our results confirm that there are important differences between the two groups regarding the relationship between climate change and income inequalities. Therefore, policies implemented at EU level are extremely important in order to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change on growing inequality and poverty in EU countries. Governments must invest in new technologies, industries and innovation in order to address the complex challenge posed by mitigating climate change.

中文翻译：

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气候变化对收入不平等的影响。欧盟国家的证据

摘要

我们将在本文中调查收入不平等与气候变化之间的关系，同时要考虑到碳排放量的增加会导致不平等程度的增加。最容易受到气候变化影响的是最贫穷和欠发达国家。气候变化对欧盟政策制定者而言是一项重大挑战，向零碳排放的过渡将导致欧盟各国之间更大程度的社会融合和融合。在本文中，我们使用两阶段OLS来分析欧盟国家情况下的收入不平等与碳排放之间的关系。我们将模型应用于两个欧盟国家组，即旧成员国EU15和新成员国-欧盟13。我们的结果证实，就气候变化与收入不平等之间的关系而言，两组之间存在重要差异。因此，为了减轻气候变化对欧盟国家日益加剧的不平等和贫困的不利影响，在欧盟一级实施的政策极为重要。政府必须对新技术，产业和创新进行投资，以应对缓解气候变化带来的复杂挑战。