Climate Justice: Ethical Aspects and Policy Aspects

Dr. Marius Bartmann; Dr. Aurélie Halsband; Prof. Dr. Andrea Schapper

doi:10.5771/9783495993798

Summary

Human activities associated with greenhouse gas emissions have unequivocally caused global warming. Widespread adverse impacts on people, living organisms, and the environment are already being observed, mostly affecting vulnerable communities who are least responsible for current climate change. Unless drastic mitigation and adaptation measures are taken, continued greenhouse gas emissions will further exacerbate dangerous climate change. This expert report maps and analyses the complex justice issues that arise in the context of climate change and evaluates policy responses to the impacts of climate change from a climate justice perspective.

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Edition: 1/2023
Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-3-495-99378-1
ISBN-Online: 978-3-495-99379-8
Publisher: Karl Alber, Baden-Baden
Series: Ethik in den Biowissenschaften
Volume: 26
Language: English
Pages: 136
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/InhaltsverzeichnisPages 1 - 8 Download chapter (PDF)
PrefacePages 9 - 12 Download chapter (PDF)
Marius Bartmann, Aurélie Halsband Download chapter (PDF)
1. 1. 1.1 Introduction: The Circumstances of Justice
  2. 1.2 Climate Justice: Distributive, Intergenerational, International, or Global?
  3. 1.3 Utilitarianism, Economics, and Discounting
  4. 1.4 Procedural Justice and Feasibility
  5. 1.5 Justice and Recognition
2. 1. 2.1 Introduction: Three Conceptions of Future Generations
  2. 1. 2.2.1 The Conceptual Change Challenge
    2. 2.2.2 The Non-Existence Challenge
    3. 2.2.3 The Non-Reciprocity Challenge
    4. 2.2.4 The Non-Identity Challenge
    5. 2.2.5 The Responsibility Challenge
3. 1. 3.1 Introduction: Scope, Currency, and Pattern of Climate Justice
  2. 1. 3.2.1 Emissions Grandfathering: Past Emissions as Baseline for the Distribution of Future Emission Shares
    2. 3.2.2 Emissions Egalitarianism: Equal per capita Distribution of Emissions Entitlements
    3. 3.2.3 Emissions Sufficientarianism: Prioritizing the Distribution of Subsistence Emissions
    4. 3.2.4 Emissions Prioritarianism: Distributing Emissions to Promote Equality in Benefits
  3. 1. 3.3.1 Polluter Pays Principle (PPP)
    2. 3.3.2 Beneficiary Pays Principle (BPP)
    3. 3.3.3 Ability to Pay Principle (APP)
4. References
Andrea Schapper Download chapter (PDF)
1. 1. Introduction
2. 1. 1. 2.1.1 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
    2. 2.1.2 Kyoto Protocol
    3. 2.1.3 Paris Agreement
  2. 2.2 Regional Agreements
3. 1. 1. 3.1.1 Mitigation Policies
    2. 3.1.2 Adaptation Policies
    3. 3.1.3 Loss and Damage
  2. 3.2 Sustainable Development and Climate Justice
  3. 3.3. New Institutional Developments
4. 1. 4.1 Moderate vs. Radical: The Climate Justice Movement Inside and Outside the UNFCCC Negotiations
  2. 4.2 Climate Justice Demands in UNFCCC Negotiations
5. 1. 5.1 Landmark Climate Litigation Cases
  2. 5.2 The Future of Climate Litigation
6. 6. Conclusion
7. References
Contact DetailsPages 135 - 136 Download chapter (PDF)