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.
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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.
Good news about global warming: The public’s paying attention
How can the world forge the cooperation needed to manage climate change? Most answers to that question hinge on the challenge of enforcement. It is easy to dream up bold agreements but hard to make them stick. Over the last decade, there has been a lot of new thinking about how international treaties on climate…
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.
How electric vehicles are ‘fuelling’ the economy of the future
More EVs are showing up on the road. New economic opportunities springing up related to that. This includes service technicians, mining, charging stations and battery recycling.
Has Climate Change Ended Nature?
Considering humans as separate from the rest of nature risks an incomplete view of the current functioning of the biosphere and the misrepresentation of the human role.
From Food to Climate Justice: How Motivational Barriers Impact Distributive Justice Strategies for Change
Local food movements have leveraged normative arguments to motivate individual and collective action.