The Routledge handbook of applied climate change ethics edited by Donald A. Brown, Kathryn Gwiazdon, and Laura Westra.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brown, Donald A., 1944- editor.

Gwiazdon, Kathryn, editor.

Westra, Laura, editor.

Series:

Routledge Handbooks in Applied Ethics Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental ethics.

Climatic changes--Moral and ethical aspects.

Climatic changes.

Nature--Effect of human beings on--Moral and ethical aspects.

Nature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (489 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY Routledge, [2024]

Summary:

The Routledge Handbook of Applied Climate Change Ethics is a powerful reference source for the identification and exploration of the underlying ethical issues in climate change law and policy. Bridging theory with practice, it takes ethical engagement out of the classroom and into the halls of governance.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: Ethical Issues That Arise in Governments' Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Policy Formations

1 Duties of Nation-States to Prevent Activities within Their Jurisdiction That Harm People and Nations Outside Their Boundaries: The Meaning of the No Harm Principle as Applied to International Relations

2 Duties to Not Harm Ecological Systems, Plants, and Animals

3 Duties to Consider the Views of Those Who Will Be Harmed by Climate Change

4 The Ethics of Climate Targets: Extinction Rebellion v. The Climate Establishment

5 The Role of Human Rights in Setting a National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Target

6 Appropriate Application of Equity: The Case Study of Brazil's National Determined Contributions

7 Mitigation Duties of Poor and Vulnerable Countries

Part II: Ethical Issues That Arise from the Responsibility to Respond to Unavoidable Climate Change Harms

8 Democracy and Justice in Climate Change Adaptation

9 Socially Constructed Expectations of Certainty in Climate Science

10 Ethical Obligations to Develop and Support a Precautionary Principle to Guide National Responses to Climate Change

11 The Ethical Responsibility of Developed Countries to Help Finance Adaptation Costs in Poor Developing Countries

12 Climate Justice in Nigeria: A Pathway to Defending the Rights of Disproportionately Affected Persons

13 The Responsibility of Nations to Address Climate Refugees and Displaced Persons

14 Taking Moral Responsibility for Climate Change by Cities

15 The Lisbon Case Study: The Ethical Obligations of Urban Policymakers to Support Policies Entailed by Mainstream Climate Science.

16 The Ethical Responsibility of Individuals to Reduce Greenhouse Gases

Part III: Ethical Issues Raised by Arguments Frequently Made in Opposition to Climate Change Policies

17 Instrumental Rationality and Climate Policy

18 Ethical Problems with Cost Arguments Made in Opposition to Climate Change Policies

19 The Climate Change Disinformation Campaign: Attacking the Common Good, Advancing the Self, and Destroying Democracy

20 Ethical Rules That 'Climate Skeptics' Should Abide By

21 Climate Change, Difficulty, and Ignorance

22 Saving Democracy: Denying the Alternate Reality of Climate Denialism

Part IV: Ethical Issues Raised by Various Policy Responses to Climate Change

23 Ethical Issues Raised by Cap-and-Trade Regimes

24 Ethical Issues Raised by Carbon Taxing Regimes

25 An Ethical Approach to Assessments of Harm from Climate Change and Global Heating: The Problem with Integrated Assessment Models and Other Value-Laden Tools

26 Ethical Issues Raised by Geoengineering Technologies to Reduce the Threat of Climate Change

27 The Ethics of Carbon Offsets and Their Afterlives in Tropical Forests

28 Key Ethical Issues for Climate-Forest Policies

29 Paris' Article 6 Deadlock: Climate Change, from Globalization to Nationalism

30 New Zealand's Net Zero Carbon Legislation: Obfuscation and Missed Opportunities to Move beyond the Dominance of National Self-Interest

31 Human Rights-Based Approaches to Climate Litigation: A Critical Perspective of the Athabaskan Petition

Part V: A Way Forward: Strategies to Expressly Consider Ethics in Climate Change Policy Formation

32 Ethical Guidance for Negotiating and Arguing about Climate Change

33 Ethical and Ecological Education: An Approach to Climate Change through the Lens of the Earth Charter.

34 Farming Knowledge: Epistemic Injustice and Climate Information Services

35 Strategies to Increase Media Coverage of Ethical Issues That Arise in Climate Change Policy Formation

36 Why We Need 'Cultural Intelligence' in Climate Change Communication, and How Integral Theory Can Help

37 On the Effectiveness and Legitimacy of 'Shaming' as a Strategy for Combatting Climate Change

38 The Art of Disobedience: Climate Justice Activism

39 Environmental Personhood: A Novel Principle of Law for Climate Justice?

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781003039860

1003039863

9781000934199

1000934195

OCLC:

1394061549