Justice and climate change
By: Eric A. Posner and Cass R. Sunstein
Contributors: Sunstein, Cass R.; John F. Kennedy School of Government; Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
Series: Discussion papaer -- 08-04; Discussion paper (Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements) -- 08-04
Publisher: Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Subjects: Climatic changes; Government policy; Global environmental change; Economic aspects; Environmental justice
Description: Climate change raises complex issues of science, economics, and politics; it also raises difficult issues of justice. Poor nations are especially vulnerable to rising temperatures, in part because they are poor. Wealthy nations have less at risk, in part because they are wealthy. It is both tempting and plausible to suggest that for either emissions reductions or adaptation, wealthy nations owe special obligations to poor ones. In this paper, we address this general question by focusing on a much narrower one: how should permits be allocated in a global cap-and-trade system?
Notes: "September 2008."

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