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Zusatztext The collection of essays by Henry Shue entitled Climate Justice provides comprehensive coverage of the key justice issues facing the international community as it grapples with the twin challenge of mitigating and adapting to climate change. The authors own areas of research interest, as well as the chronological development of his arguments, are clearly laid out. Informationen zum Autor Henry Shue is best known for his 1980 book, Basic Rights: Subsistence, Affluence, and U.S. Foreign Policy (Princeton; 2nd ed., 1996) and his articles, "Torture " (1978) and "Mediating Duties " (1988), he has taught at the University of North Carolina, Wellesley College, University of Maryland, Cornell University, and Oxford. After initial research on human rights, especially economic rights, he has during recent decades concentrated on practical philosophy concerning war, on which he edited Nuclear Deterrence and Moral Constraint (Cambridge, 1989), Preemption (Oxford, 2007), Just and Unjust Warriors (Oxford, 2008), and The American Way of Bombing (forthcoming). Klappentext Climate change is the most difficult threat facing humanity this century and negotiations to reach international agreement have so far foundered on deep issues of justice. Providing provocative and imaginative answers to key questions of justice, informed by political insight and scientific understanding, this book offers a new way forward. Zusammenfassung Climate change is the most difficult threat facing humanity this century and negotiations to reach international agreement have so far foundered on deep issues of justice. Providing provocative and imaginative answers to key questions of justice, informed by political insight and scientific understanding, this book offers a new way forward. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: The Unavoidability of Justice 2: Subsistence Emissions and Luxury Emissions 3: After You: May Action by the Rich Be Contingent Upon Action by the Poor? 4: Avoidable Necessity: Global Warming, International Fairness, and Alternative Energy 5: Equity in An International Agreement on Climate Change 6: Environmental Change and the Varieties of Justice 7: Eroding Sovereignty: The Advance of Principle 8: Bequeathing Hazards: Security Rights and Property Rights of Future Humans 9: Global Environment and International Inequality 10: Climate 11: A Legacy of Danger: The Kyoto Protocol and Future Generations 12: Responsibility to Future Generations and the Technological Transition 13: Making Exceptions 14: Deadly Delays, Saving Opportunities: Creating a More Dangerous World? 15: Face Reality? After You!: A Call for Leadership on Climate Change 16: Human Rights, Climate Change, and the Trillionth Ton 17: Climate Hope: Implementing the Exit Strategy Appendix: Declaration on Climate Justice ...
