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== 5.6.4 Attention to Issues of Power and Inequality ==

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Societal transformations to limit global warming to 1.5°C and strive for equity and well-being for all are not power neutral (Section 5.5.3). Development preferences are often shaped by powerful interests that determine the direction and pace of change, anticipated benefits and beneficiaries, and acceptable and unacceptable trade-offs (Newell et al., 2014; Fazey et al., 2016; Tschakert et al., 2016; Winkler and Dubash, 2016; Wood et al., 2016b; Karlsson et al., 2017; Quan et al., 2017; Tanner et al., 2017) <sup>[[#fn:r468|468]]</sup> . Each development pathway, including legacies and path dependencies, creates its own set of opportunities and challenges and winners and losers, both within and across countries (Figure 5.5) ( ''robust evidence, high agreement'' ) (Mathur et al., 2014; Phillips et al., 2017; Stringer et al., 2017; Wood, 2017; Ficklin et al., 2018; Gajjar et al., 2018) <sup>[[#fn:r469|469]]</sup> ''.''

Addressing the uneven distribution of power is critical to ensure that societal transformation towards a 1.5°C warmer world does not exacerbate poverty and vulnerability or create new injustices but rather encourages equitable transformational change (Patterson et al., 2018) <sup>[[#fn:r470|470]]</sup> . Equitable outcomes are enhanced when they pay attention to just outcomes for those negatively affected by change (Newell et al., 2014; Dilling et al., 2015; Naess et al., 2015; Sovacool et al., 2015; Cervigni and Morris, 2016; Keohane and Victor, 2016) <sup>[[#fn:r471|471]]</sup> and promote human rights, increase equality and reduce power asymmetries within societies ( ''robust evidence, high agreement'' ) (UNRISD, 2016; Robinson and Shine, 2018) <sup>[[#fn:r472|472]]</sup> ''.''

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