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Climate justice and historical emissions /

"This volume investigates who can be considered responsible for historical emissions and their consequences, and how and why this should matter for the design of a just global climate policy. The authors discuss the underlying philosophical issues of responsibility for historical emissions, the...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Meyer, Lukas H. (Éditeur intellectuel), Sanklecha, Pranay (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover; Half-title ; Title page ; Copyright information ; Table of contents ; List of Contributors ; Introduction: On the Significance of Historical Emissions for Climate Ethics ; The Normative Significance of Past Emissions
  • The Relevance of Ignorance about the Harmful Effects of Emissions Responding to Climate Change Effectively and Ethically Defensibly ; References ; 1 Climate Ethics, Affirmative Action, and Unjust Enrichment ; Inter- and Intra-Generational Climate Justice
  • Historically Sensitive vs. A-Historical Approaches Affirmative Action ; Unjust Enrichment ; Some Difficulties ; Conclusion ; References ; 2 Historical Responsibility and Climate Change ; Responsibility and Culpability ; Responsibility for Reparation ; What Is Owed? ; References
  • 3 Historical Emissions: Does Ignorance Matter? References ; 4 How Legal Systems Deal with Issues of Responsibility for Past Harmful Behavior ; I Introduction ; II Liability for Environmental Harm in International Law ; III Liability for Hazardous Waste and Other Environmental Harms
  • A Liability under the U.S. Superfund Law 1 Introduction to CERCLA ; 2 Scope of Liability ; 3 Strict Liability and Retroactivity ; B Liability for Environmental Harm in the European Union ; 1 Introduction to the EU Directive ; 2 Liability Limitations ; IV Products Liability