Climate change and justice are so closely associated that many people take it for granted that a global climate treaty should - indeed, must - directly address both issues together. But, in fact, this would be a serious mistake, one that, by dooming effective international limits on greenhouse...
To begin, I describe the problem of climate change. Then I show how it raises deep and serious issues of justice. Since the issues of justice are relatively clear and compelling, I proceed to focus attention on issues of responsibility - on why and how to respond to the structural ...
Climate change and justice are so closely associated that many people take it for granted that a global climate treaty should–indeed, must–directly address both issues together. But, in fact, this would be a serious mistake, one that, by dooming effective international limits on greenhouse gas...
As pointed out by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), there is little doubt that climate change will increase inequalities between countries, sectors of activities and individuals who have the means to adapt and those who do not. This holds particularly for people living in least ...
Climate change and climate change policy raise important issues of intergenerational and international justice. Intergenerational justice requires that CO2 emissions be halted by the middle of this century or shortly thereafter. But since human developme
Climate justice is increasingly prominent in climate change communication and advocacy but little is known about public understanding of the concept or how widely it resonates with different groups. In our global survey of 5,627 adults in 11 countries spanning the global north and south, most part...
Justice and Climate Change Toward a Libertarian AnalysisClimatic changes (Social aspectsClimatic changes (Political aspectsLibertarianism (AnalysisJustice (AnalysisAs a group, libertarians have not dent well with the prospect of anthropogenic global climate change. As most parts of the world scramble to ...
JusticeandClimateChange EricA.Posner Kirkland&EllisProfessorofLaw UniversityofChicagoLawSchool eposner@uchicago.edu & CassR.Sunstein FelixFrankfurterProfessorofLaw HarvardLawSchool csunstei@law.harvard.edu Preparedfor TheHarvardProjectonInternationalClimateAgreements ...
Justice must be at the center of our response to climate change. And we need big, bottom-up change - focused on, and led by, the communities who have been in this fight since the beginning. Add your name to support our plan for environmental justice. Email Zip submit...
This chapter provides a broad overview of the relationship between climate change and environmental justice. It provides (1) a brief review of the concept of environmental justice, (2) discussion about how environmental justice applies to climate change,