全球北方与南方之间、经济上的特权群体与边缘化群体之间、不同性别与种族身份之间日益加剧的不平等，在历史上不断被复制并在代际之间强化，是我们这个时代的重要特征。举例而言，尽管气候变化和环境退化等全球性挑战无疑影响着生活在地球上的我们每一个人，但它们对我们各人的影响绝不等同。只要看看那些系统性地承受气候变化严酷后果的群体，就会发现地理位置、经济状况、性别、年龄的差异全都在起作用。
Rising inequalities between the global North and South, the economically privileged and the marginalized, between different genders and racial identities, have been historically reproduced and intensified across generations, and are defining features of our times. For instance, while global challenges such as climate change and environmental degradation undoubtedly affect all of us as humans living on Earth, they certainly do not affect us all equally. Differences in geographic location, economic status, gender, age, all come into play if we look at the groups who are systematically suffering from climate change’s harsh consequences.