Purpose – The social dimensions of the relationship between transport and climate change are examined, in particular, the potential for unintended negative consequences to directly and/or indirectly arise from policies to reduce the climate change impact of the transport sector. It takes the...

Ohne Klimasolidarität lässt sich weder die Erderwärmung samt daraus resultierenden Katastrophen abwenden noch unsere Zivilisation retten. Darin stimmen alle führenden Umweltforscher überein. Fatalerweise sind die bisherigen Problemlösungsversuche, beispielsweise die...

Climate change and climate change policy raise important issues of intergenerational and international justice. Intergenerational justice requires that CO2 emissions be halted by the middle of this century or shortly thereafter. But since human development requires energy, the elimination of...

The recent high-level emergence of ‘climate justice' in the normative and policy discourse addressing the social and legal aspects of climate change is welcome. However, certain dangers of co-option face the concept as it gains institutional traction. Drawing on a critical theoretical reading...

In their book Climate Change Justice, Eric Posner and David Weisbach advocate adoption of an economically optimal climate treaty coupled with foreign aid (to handle distributional issues with poor countries) and increased investment (to transfer funds to future generations harmed by climate...