Fair Weather? Equity Concerns in Climate Change

About this book

How should responsibilities and costs be distributed? Contributors approach this complex question from economic, sociological, psychological, ethical and legal standpoints.

Contents

Overview and synthesis, F.L. Toth; equity issues and integrated assessment, S. Roynor, E. Malone and M. Thompson; climate change and multiple views of fairness, J. Bayer; climate change impact valuation and aggregation, R.S.J. Tol, S. Frankhauser and D.W. Pearce; fairness criteria in the allocation of climate protection burdens, C. Helm; economic approaches to the anlaysis of burden sharing, H.A. Aaheim; biases in allocating obligations for climate protection, V. Linneweber; fairness considerations to local environmental value and consciousness in climate policy, S. Nishoika; justice, equity and efficiency in a developing country, P.R. Shulka; justice in the international greenhouse, F. Biermann; equity in international law, J. Kokott; greenhouse gas regulation, D. Victor.

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