spatial justice (Q1728)

The just distribution of benefits and impacts related to climate change viewed, through a spatial lens. This can mean, for example, offsetting loss of opportunities in an area with additional investments, providing extra protections for highly vulnerable areas, or ensuring that resources and infrastructure are reaching historically left-behind areas. Often, spatial justice is addressing existing inequalities between rural and urban areas, which may increase due to climate change and the green transition; however, other spatial scales, such as under-invested neighbourhoods, may also be considered relevant.