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The Paris Agreement on Climate Change represents a historical step forward to curb global climate change. However, the Paris Agreement is a necessary but insufficient instrument to advance Climate Justice. In this article we discuss why, and how, the 2030 Agenda—and the Sustainable Development Goals—is the indispensable and complementary framework to deliver on Climate Justice, together with the Paris Agreement.
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The contents of this article are responsibility of their author and do not necessarily reflect the United Nations, nor the Government of Spain´s policies or points of view. I thank Marina Ferrero Baselga for her inspiration and her help editing this text. This article is dedicated to the memory of Drs. José María Ferrero Corral and Sara de Loma-Osorio y Vega.
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de Loma-Osorio, G.F.y. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Bringing Climate Justice to Climate Action. Development 59, 223–228 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41301-017-0122-9
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