This paper examines a broad range of ethical perspectives and principles relevant to the analysis of issues raised by the science of climate change and explores their implications. A second and companion paper extends this analysis to the contribution of ethics, economics and politics in...

This paper considers how environmental policies should respond to macroeconomic downturns. It first explores the implications of the global economic downturn of 2008-09 for environmental policies, focusing in particular on the example of action against climate change. The arguments for and...

To slow or not to slow� (Nordhaus, 1991) was the first economic appraisal of greenhouse gas emissions abatement and founded a large literature on a topic of great, worldwide importance. In this paper we offer our assessment of the original article and trace its legacy, in particular...

Both intergenerational and intratemporal equity are central to the examination of policy towards climate change. However, many discussions of intergenerational issues have been marred by serious analytical errors, particularly in applying standard approaches to discounting; the errors arise, in...

Intro -- Contents -- About This Book -- Introduction -- Opening Address -- A Strategy for Development -- Globalization and Inequality -- Globalization and Inequality: Historical Trends -- Fear of Globalization: The Human Capital Nexus -- Growth and Inequality: The Role of Foreign Trade and...

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Opening Address -- Development Thinking at the Millennium -- A New Global Consensus on Helping the Poorest of the Poor -- Ten Years After The Road to a Free Economy: The AuthorÌs Self- Evaluation -- Consensus Building, Knowledge, and Conditionality --...