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Intergenerational Justice and Climate Change

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Global climate change has important implications for the way in which benefits and burdens will be distributed amongst present and future generations. As a result it raises important questions of intergenerational justice. It is shown that there is at least one serious problem for those who wish to approach these questions by utilizing familiar principles of justice. This is that such theories often pre‐suppose harm‐based accounts of injustice which are incompatible with the fact that the very social policies which climatologists and scientists claim will reduce the risks of climate change will also predictably, if indirectly, determine which individuals will live in the future. One proposed solution to this problem is outlined grounded in terms of the notion of collective interests.

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  • Edward Page, 1999. "Intergenerational Justice and Climate Change," Political Studies, Political Studies Association, vol. 47(1), pages 53-66, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:polstu:v:47:y:1999:i:1:p:53-66
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-9248.00187
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    1. Contreras, Gabriela & Platania, Federico, 2019. "Economic and policy uncertainty in climate change mitigation: The London Smart City case scenario," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 142(C), pages 384-393.
    2. Neelke Doorn & Lieke Brackel & Sara Vermeulen, 2021. "Distributing Responsibilities for Climate Adaptation: Examples from the Water Domain," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(7), pages 1-16, March.
    3. Behnam Taebi & Andrew C. Kadak, 2010. "Intergenerational Considerations Affecting the Future of Nuclear Power: Equity as a Framework for Assessing Fuel Cycles," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 30(9), pages 1341-1362, September.

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