The Polluter Pays Principle and the Energy Transition
It is possible to justify the duty of developed countries to finance the transition to low-carbon energy, including adaptation and compensation, in developing countries.
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What is Emissions Egalitarianism?
One of the debates in climate ethics concerns the question of how the carbon budget, in terms of emissions permits, should be distributed among people.
Taking Climate Change Seriously: The ‘Values Approach’
Modifying our habits such that we actually reduce our carbon footprint requires that we grasp the situation at hand and commit to making our values explicit.
Libertarianism and Climate Ethics
By applying a Lockean theory of just appropriation, libertarianism allows for climate action by showing that the excessive use of the atmosphere is unjust.
Legitimate Expectations about Stranded Fossil Fuel Reserves: Towards a Just Transition
The energy transition is one of the most important challenges humanity has ever faced. However, like many other transitions, it brings adverse consequences for some agents.
Opinion – Moldova and Romania’s Unification is Not on the Horizon
Despite pro-unification sentiments there is no official ongoing process – only occasional polls and statements by policymakers.
Opinion – Deep Structures, and IR: Preliminary Reflections from within ‘Dark Academia’
While students to date seem mostly unaware of the technology and there are serious doubts over its effectiveness, ChatGPT now dominates numerous conversations across university spaces.
Can the Academy Still Debate ‘Colonialism’?
Disagreeing vehemently with another scholar’s opinions in the academy is one thing, death threats and calls for a scholar to be fired quite another.
Beyond Rawls: The Principle of Transgenerational Equity
Climate change imposes a reflection on the importance of time in justice issues and underlines how transgenerationality is a crucial matter for justice.
Let’s Be Rational: A ‘Fair Share’ Approach to Carbon Emissions
Emissions can be seen as a scarce communal resource, that, like other scarce resources such as a food, water or medical supplies, needs to be rationed.