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Integrative approaches to the environmental and socio-economic SDGs

The climate change – inequality nexus: towards environmental and socio-ecological inequalities with a focus on human capabilities

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Pages 163-170 | Received 03 Jan 2022, Accepted 28 Sep 2022, Published online: 25 Oct 2022

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