# Reparative Equity **Domain:** Justice & Economics **Doc Type:** Concept Node **Classification:** Infrastructure Concept **Maturity:** emerging **Related:** [[Reparations]], [[Reparative Justice]], [[Climate Justice]], [[Redistributive Functions]], [[Global Equity]] --- ## Definition **Reparative Equity** denotes a **justice framework positioning climate action and sustainable development as mechanisms for addressing historical and ongoing injustices** through preferential allocation of resources, opportunities, and decision-making power to populations harmed by colonialism, slavery, and environmental destruction. Reparative equity integrates climate science, historical analysis, and justice principles to direct climate finance, technology transfer, and governance reform toward repair and restoration. --- ## General Context In climate justice and development studies, reparative equity emerged from recognition that climate change is simultaneously a climate crisis, a justice crisis, and an opportunity to remediate historical wrongs. It positions poor and marginalized populations as primary beneficiaries of climate investment and decision-making power. --- ## Climate Meritocracy Context [[articles/Climate Justice as Reparative Equity|Climate Justice as Reparative Equity]] operationalizes climate adaptation as reparative mechanism through [[wiki/Private Climate Risk Pricing|risk pricing]] and [[wiki/Reparative Mechanisms|redistributive systems]]. --- ## Reparative Justice Context Reparative equity directs [[wiki/Planetary Sensing Grid|sensing]] and [[wiki/Resource Allocation|resource allocation]] toward [[wiki/Reparative Mechanisms|repair]] of colonial and climate harms. --- ## Key Insight Reparative equity reframes climate action from burden-sharing (all must sacrifice equally) to justice-driven allocation (those responsible pay more; those harmed receive more). This frame builds different coalitions and enables greater ambition. --- ## See Also [[Climate Justice]], [[Global Justice]], [[Restorative Justice]], [[Intergenerational Equity]], [[Historical Responsibility]]