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Page, Edward (2008) Distributing the burdens of climate change. Environmental Politics, Vol.17 (No.4). pp. 556-575. doi:10.1080/09644010802193419
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09644010802193419
Abstract
Global climate change raises many questions for environmental political theorists. This article focuses on the question of identifying the agents that should bear the financial burden of preventing dangerous climate change. Identifying in a fair way the agents that should take the lead in climate mitigation and adaptation, as well as the precise burdens that these parties must bear, will be a key aspect of the next generation of global climate policies. After a critical review of a number of rival approaches to burden sharing, the paper argues that only a principled and philosophically robust reconciliation of three approaches to burden sharing (‘contribution to problem’, ‘ability to pay’ and ‘beneficiary pays’) can generate a satisfactory mix of theoretical coherence and practical application.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | J Political Science > JC Political theory H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Distributive justice, Climactic changes -- Economic aspects, Distribution (Economic theory) | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Environmental Politics | ||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||
| ISSN: | 0964-4016 | ||||
| Official Date: | August 2008 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.17 | ||||
| Number: | No.4 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 556-575 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/09644010802193419 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||
| Version or Related Resource: | Earlier version: Page, E.A. (2007). Distributing the burdens of climate change. In: ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Univ Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, May 07-12, 2007. | ||||
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