Our atmosphere is global. CO2 pollution, most of which takes place in the Global North, has severe impacts in the Global South. Climate justice, a concept developed within Black and Indigenous climate movements, demands action that acknowledges this imbalance and provides redress to the Most Affected People and Areas (MAPA). Crucially, this redress must be paid for - where could the money come from?
Equal Right is working with partners around the world to co-create a potential solution - cap and share - which would directly control fossil fuel extraction and return extracted wealth to communities all over the world. Cap and share is an international mitigation and climate finance system that could underpin wider climate justice initiatives and support a just and radical green transformation.
Cap and share is described and modelled in our discussion paper, produced in partnership with Autonomy, 'Climate Justice Without Borders: Cap and share as a mitigation and climate finance solution'. For a summary, read the media coverage here.
Equal Right is working with partners around the world to co-create a potential solution - cap and share - which would directly control fossil fuel extraction and return extracted wealth to communities all over the world. Cap and share is an international mitigation and climate finance system that could underpin wider climate justice initiatives and support a just and radical green transformation.
Cap and share is described and modelled in our discussion paper, produced in partnership with Autonomy, 'Climate Justice Without Borders: Cap and share as a mitigation and climate finance solution'. For a summary, read the media coverage here.
The video below shows the launch of our 'How to fund climate justice' paper, and of the Cap and Share Climate Alliance.
In the short interview below, Equal Right's Senior Campaigns Manager Syd Chisi talks to Sebastian Muzanenhamo about cap and share.
Use the buttons below to explore some of the key benefits offered by a cap and share system.
Our work on cap and share is carried out alongside partners via the Cap and Share Climate Alliance. To find out more, work with us and join the alliance please email Syd Chisi at climate@equalright.org or the wider alliance team at info@capandsharealliance.org