Unequal Planet: Why some people have - and some have not (and what you can do to change it)

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Unequal Planet offers young readers a clear, insightful look at Earth's ongoing inequality crisis

If everyone on Earth was equal, we would have the same standards of living, opportunities, wealth, health and other factors that make our lives different. But this isn't the case, the world is not an equal place and many experience great inequality in their lives.

Unequal Planet looks at the reasons behind global inequality - from where people are born to their individual income to the impacts of climate change, and suggests some positive, practical solutions to this complex and challenging issue. It also explores what we can all do - at a global and an individual level - to help make the world a more equal and better place.

Aimed at readers aged 9 and up.

Contents:

1: IT'S NOT FAIR!

2: WHAT IS MONEY

3: WEALTH AND INCOME

4: RICH AND POOR COUNTRIES

5: NATURAL RESOURCES

6: LAND GRAB!

7: CASE STUDY: HAITI

8: DEALING WITH DEBT

9: INVENTIONS AND TECHNOLOGY

10: CASE STUDY: NORWAY

11: INEQUALITY IN SOCIETY

12: MORE INEQUALITIES

13: CLIMATE CHANGE CRISIS

14: CASE STUDY: TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS

15: CAN WE FIX IT

16: INTERNATIONAL AID

17: EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE

18: CASE STUDY: EQUALITY FOR WOMEN

19: BIG IDEAS

20: WHAT CAN YOU DO

21: A FAIRER FUTURE

22: GLOSSARY

23: FURTHER READING

24: INDEX

Titles in this series:

Plastic Planet

Hot Planet

Recycled Planet

Sustainable Planet

Extinction Planet

Peaceful Planet

Author Bio

Anna Claybourne has written over 150 children's books on all kinds of subjects, from sharks, black holes and splitting the atom to how to draw, Shakespeare's life, and Greek myths and legends. She knows a lot about conservation in the rain forests of Costa Rica as she once volunteered there for three months. She likes space, sewing and music, plays the trombone and loves going camping.