Climate ethics : environmental justice and climate change /
Climate change is perhaps the most important issue of our time and yet the international measures necessary to mitigate it have not been implemented. Given the urgency of the problem, why has so little been done? Climate Ethics identifies the reasons behind this crucial paradox and outlines a way fo...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
I.B. Tauris,
2014.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. I Climate Change: Physical Causes and Effects
- 1. Introduction: Why an Imminent Threat Stays on the Back Burner
- 2. The Science of Climate Change
- 3. The Culprits of Climate Change
- 4. The Human Costs of Climate Change
- 5. Addressing Climate Change: Options and Obstacles
- pt. II Climate Ethics
- 6. Distribution of What?
- 7. Intergenerational Justice
- 8. Pure Distributive Justice
- 9. International Justice
- 10. Historical Justice
- 11. From the Currency of Greenhouse Gases to Questions of Monetary Distribution
- 12. What is Just with Regard to Climate Change?
- 13. Rights in the Context of Climate Change: A Contested Terrain
- 14. The P̀resent People's Right to a Stable Climate' Approach
- 15. The F̀uture People's Right to a Stable Climate' Approach
- 16. Can Future People be Said to Have Legal Rights?
- 17. Summary: Is R̀ights Talk' a Good Idea?
- 18. Outlook.