Climate change justice / Eric A. Posner, David Weisbach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Posner, Eric A.

Contributor:

Weisbach, David A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Political aspects.

Climatic changes.

Climatic changes--Government policy.

Climatic changes--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 gases, would actually make the world's poor and developing nations far worse off. This is the provocative and original argument of Climate Change Justice. Eric Posner and David Weisbach strongly favor both a climate change agreement and efforts to improve economic justice. But they make a powerful case that the best--and possibly only--way to get an effective climate treaty is to exclude measures designed to redistribute wealth or address historical wrongs against underdeveloped countries. In clear language, Climate Change Justice proposes four basic principles for designing the only kind of climate treaty that will work--a forward-looking agreement that requires every country to make greenhouse--gas reductions but still makes every country better off in its own view. This kind of treaty has the best chance of actually controlling climate change and improving the welfare of people around the world.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: Ethically Relevant Facts and Predictions

Chapter 2: Policy Instruments

Chapter 3: Symbols, Not Substance

Chapter 4: Climate Change and Distributive Justice: Climate Change Blinders

Chapter 5: Punishing the Wrongdoers: A Climate Guilt Clause?

Chapter 6: Equality and the Case against Per Capita Permits

Chapter 7: Future Generations

Chapter 8: Global Welfare, Global Justice, and Climate Change

A Recapitulation

Afterword: The Copenhagen Accord

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612531507

9781282531505

1282531506

9781400834402

1400834406

OCLC:

593295812

Publisher Number:

9786612531507