Index
| Africa, climate change impact on, 20—22,
25-27 |
| Archer, David, 16 |
| Asteroid example, 75-80, 99 |
| Bali conference, 3, 64—67 |
| Bali Road Map, 64-67, 84 |
| bargaining power, 7, 94-95, 194-88 |
| Boyer, Joseph, 25 |
| California climate initiatives, 69 |
| cap-and-trade, 2, 41-52, 67, 69, 119-22 |
| carbon taxes, 2, 41—52 |
| catastrophic risk, 1, 11, 18, 74, 88-90 |
| Clean Air Act, 44 |
| Clean Development Mechanism, 47—48,
62-63 |
| climate change and human activity, 15—16 |
| climate change and regional impacts,
19-20, 23-25 |
| climate forecasts, 1—2,13—18 |
| climate treaty, 86-88, 178-89 |
| collective responsibility, 101—5, 116 |
| colonialism, 5, 140 |
| Copenhagen negotiations, 71 |
| corporate liability, 106—8 |
| corrective justice, 4, 99-118,134, 185 |
| corruption, in governments, 90—91 |
| cosmopolitanism, 172 |
| culpability, for climate change, 110—14 |
| deontology, 8-9, 57, 108, 154, 171-74,
182 |
| discounting: theory of, 146^7; ethics of,
159—62. See also future generations |
| distributive justice, 4-6, 73-98, 141, 168,
185-86 |
| emitters, major, 35—39 |
| Environmental Protection Agency, 70 |
| equality, 9, 56, 119-43, 157 |
| European Union, climate policies of, 67 |
| feasibility constraints, 4, 6, 92—96,
121-22, 142-43; and discounting,
163-66; and a climate treaty, 184-85 |
| foreign aid, 49-51, 83-89, 95-97,132,
142, 190; and effectiveness, 177-79 |
| future generations, 11, 78, 90,144-68,
186—91. See also discounting |
| incommensurability, 56—58, 166—67 |
| in-kind versus cash transfers, 78, 83—84,
96,177 |
| Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change, 12,16-22, 29, 33, 53,149 |
| International Paretianism, 6—9, 87,
93-96,132,143,170,178-81,185,
189,192 |
| irreversibility, 58 |
| Koopmans, Tjalling, 149 |
| Kyoto Protocol, 3, 12, 29-30, 47, 66-72,
73-74, 80,113-19; compliance with,
62-66 |
| land use, and climate change, 1, 12—14,
30-38, 81,123-24 |
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Book title: Climate Change Justice.
Contributors: Eric A. Posner - Author, David Weisbach - Author.
Publisher: Princeton University Press.
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ.
Publication year: 2010.
Page number: 219.
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