Review of: "Carbon Inequality: Resolving Contradictory Results From Two Different Approaches"
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From Two Different ApproachesThis manuscript addresses an important and timely question in climate policy by attempting to reconcile seemingly contradictory ndings about carbon emissions responsibility.The authors distinguish between individual-level approaches (which emphasise wealthy individuals' disproportionate emissions) and country-level approaches (which highlight middle-income countries' growing emissions), proposing a framework based on "reasonable vs. excessive consumption" to integrate these perspectives.The manuscript's strength lies in illustrating why individual-level and country-level approaches produce different results, with Figure 1 providing an effective visual comparison.However, the paper suffers from several critical weaknesses that undermine its contribution.The proposed "reasonable vs. excessive consumption" framework lacks analytical rigour, and although the authors acknowledge that this distinction is "somewhat subjective, " they do not provide a clear methodology for operationalising it beyond extreme cases like private jets.Also, the treatment of population growth as part of the climate solution is problematic and potentially in ammatory, with insuf cient consideration of human rights implications and an oversimpli ed demographic analysis.
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