[ REQUIRED ] Climate justice is the idea that the impacts of climate change affect disadvantaged groups of people the most. The effect of climate change on these groups needs to be recognized and addressed.

Climate solutions will
[ Select ]
probably work
not work
be superior
if we do not address underlying social issues that contribute to climate change.

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[ REQUIRED ] Climate justice is the idea that the impacts of climate change affect disadvantaged groups of people the most. The effect of climate change on these groups needs to be recognized and addressed.

Climate solutions will 
[ Select ]
probably work
not work
be superior
 if we do not address underlying social issues that contribute to climate change.

BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

The question presents a statement about climate justice and then asks how climate solutions will behave under a condition related to addressing underlying social issues. Since the answer options are not provided in the data (the answer_options field is empty), I will proceed by reconstructing the likely choices implied by the prompt and then analyze them.

Option A (likely): 'probably work' — This would claim that climate solutions are likely to be effective even without addressing underlying social issues. However, the stem explicitly states that disparities and social factors influence outcomes, suggesting that neglecting these issues undermines effectiveness. Therefore, labeling it as only 'probably work' ignores the conditionality implied by justice-related constraints and is not consistent with the idea that social determinants can impede progress.

Option B (likely): 'not work' — This aligns with the conditional claim in the prompt: if we do not address underlying social issues that contribute to climate change, climate solutions will not work. The reasoning is that inequities, vulnerability, and unequal access to resources, information, and political power can prevent interventions from achieving their intended impacts, making this option semantically and causally coherent with the climate justice perspective.

Option C (likely): 'be superior' — This option would suggest that solutions become superior without addressing social issues, which is illogical in this context. 'Superior' compared to what? The prompt’s structure implies a comparison conditioned on social factors. Without a clear comparator or rationale, 'be superior' does not fit as a meaningful or coherent outcome in relation to addressing underlying social issues.

Option D (likely): 'be superior' if we do not address underlying social issues that contribute to climate change — If this option existed in the complete list, it would be inconsistent, because the conditional clause states a negative premise about addressing social issues. It would imply a paradox or contradiction: solutions becoming superior precisely when we ignore the very social determinants that drive inequitable impacts. This makes it an illogical or misleading option given the stated relationship.

Even though the answer options aren’t provided in the dataset, the given answer is 'not work.' The reasoning behind selecting 'not work' is that climate solutions’ effectiveness is contingent on addressing underlying social issues. When those issues remain unaddressed, solutions are unlikely to achieve their desired outcomes due to persistent inequities, barriers to adoption, and differential impacts across groups. Conversely, choices that imply success without addressing social factors conflict with the climate justice premise and misrepresent the conditional nature of effective climate action.

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