Climate Change, Justice and Future GenerationsEdward Elgar Publishing, 2007 M01 1 - 304 pages Climate Change, Justice and Future Generations is a valuable contribution to the debate on both theoretical and applied justice in climate change, and it fills a manifest gap in the current literature. Marco Grasso, International Environmental Agreements |
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... arguing that the relative posi- tions of planets were associated with different atmospheric conditions , albeit within the context of a striking metaphysics that attributed to the Earth a soul that was susceptible to planetary and solar ...
... arguing that the relative posi- tions of planets were associated with different atmospheric conditions , albeit within the context of a striking metaphysics that attributed to the Earth a soul that was susceptible to planetary and solar ...
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... argued that the distributive implications of climate change raise 'an important issue of equity, namely the extent to which the impacts of climate change or mitigation policies create or exacerbate inequities both within and across ...
... argued that the distributive implications of climate change raise 'an important issue of equity, namely the extent to which the impacts of climate change or mitigation policies create or exacerbate inequities both within and across ...
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... argued that the ideas contained in such speeches are motivated by political posturing, rather than by genuine ... arguments that might underwrite the expres- sions of concern about climate change surveyed above. The argument I wish to ...
... argued that the ideas contained in such speeches are motivated by political posturing, rather than by genuine ... arguments that might underwrite the expres- sions of concern about climate change surveyed above. The argument I wish to ...
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... argued, are little more than a 'scare story' and as such, there is insuf- ficient evidence to claim that climate change exists, so the claim that climate change poses a clear and present threat to present or future well-being is false ...
... argued, are little more than a 'scare story' and as such, there is insuf- ficient evidence to claim that climate change exists, so the claim that climate change poses a clear and present threat to present or future well-being is false ...
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... argued in Chapter 2 that they should not undermine our confidence in the IPCC's central findings or in the ... argue that climate change does indeed raise pecu- liarly important questions for a range of theories of the distribution of ...
... argued in Chapter 2 that they should not undermine our confidence in the IPCC's central findings or in the ... argue that climate change does indeed raise pecu- liarly important questions for a range of theories of the distribution of ...
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Page 20 - Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Such a level should be achieved within a time-frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened and to enable economic development to proceed in a sustainable manner.
Page 7 - the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate' [5], and was sufficiently confident by the time of the Third Assessment Report to conclude that 'there is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities
Page 20 - Climate change' means a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods.
Page 91 - Development (1987, p.8) defines sustainable development as: . . . development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Page 150 - if and only if X can have rights, and other things being equal, an aspect of X's well-being (his interest) is a sufficient reason for holding some other person(s) to be under a duty".
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Defining Environmental Justice: Theories, Movements, and Nature: Theories ... David Schlosberg No preview available - 2007 |