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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... claims , in particular claims of justice , against others that they be protected from natural variations in weather . We might say that the notion of ' weather ethics ' on this view is incoherent . Ironically perhaps , the study of ...
... claims , in particular claims of justice , against others that they be protected from natural variations in weather . We might say that the notion of ' weather ethics ' on this view is incoherent . Ironically perhaps , the study of ...
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... claim to model weather beyond ten days, for example, are highly controver- sial because of the many simplifying assumptions and uncertainties associ- ated with weather models.16 Nevertheless, an important assumption remained in place ...
... claim to model weather beyond ten days, for example, are highly controver- sial because of the many simplifying assumptions and uncertainties associ- ated with weather models.16 Nevertheless, an important assumption remained in place ...
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... claim that natural changes in climate during this period ( and attempts to adapt to these changes ) had large and unpredictable effects on human civilisation . There is increasing evidence , for example , that the cooling acted as a ...
... claim that natural changes in climate during this period ( and attempts to adapt to these changes ) had large and unpredictable effects on human civilisation . There is increasing evidence , for example , that the cooling acted as a ...
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... claim that, because of the way in which it will disturb biological and physical systems, climate change will have a range of, gener- ally adverse, impacts on the health27 and socio-economic resources28 of future human populations. The ...
... claim that, because of the way in which it will disturb biological and physical systems, climate change will have a range of, gener- ally adverse, impacts on the health27 and socio-economic resources28 of future human populations. The ...
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... 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.42 The IPCC has also been criticised for being biased in the direction of miti- gation as ...
... 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.42 The IPCC has also been criticised for being biased in the direction of miti- gation as ...
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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 |