Profit-driven policies on waste are fuelling global inequality, says professor
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Policies around waste management and processing are making global inequalities worse, argues an environmental professor.
New projections by the UNSW Institute for Climate Risk & Response (ICRR) reveal a 4°C rise in global temperatures would cut world GDP by around 40% by 2100 – a stark increase from previous estimates of around 11%.