Front Cover; Climate Change and Future Justice; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. A Rawlsian approach to climate change justice; 3. Precautions; 4. Intergenerational corrective justice; 5. The end of the world as we know it: catastrophes and triage; 6. Conclusion: getting motivated in the last-chance saloon; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Climate change creates unprecedented problems of intergenerational justice. What do members of the current generation owe to future generations in virtue of the contribution they are making to climate change? Providing important new insights within the theoretical framework of political liberalism, Climate Change and Future Justice presents arguments in three key areas: Mitigation: the current generation ought to adopt a strong precautionary principle in formulating climate change policy in order to minimise the risks of serious harm from climate change imposed on future generations Adaptation
