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Development Rights: A Framework for Climate Protection That Is “More Fair” Than Equal Per Capita Emissions Rights

This chapter is part of a book which gathers a set of seminal papers from the emerging area of ethics and climate change.

Sivan Kartha, Eric Kemp-Benedict / Published on 16 December 2010
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Baer, P., T. Athanasiou, S. Kartha, E. Kemp-Benedict (2010). Development Rights: A Framework for Climate Protection That Is “More Fair” Than Equal Per Capita Emissions Rights. Baer, P., T. Athanasiou, S. Kartha, E. Kemp-Benedict (2010). Greenhouse Development Rights: A Framework for Climate Protection That Is “More Fair” Than Equal Per Capita Emissions Rights. In: S. Gardiner et al. (eds.) Climate Ethics: Essential Readings. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195399622. Ch. 12.

Topics covered include human rights, international justice, intergenerational ethics, individual responsibility, climate economics, and the ethics of geoengineering.

Climate Ethics is intended to serve as a source book for general reference, and for university courses that include a focus on the human dimensions of climate change. It should be of broad interest to all those concerned with global justice, environmental science and policy, and the future of humanity.

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Sivan Kartha

Equitable Transitions Research Director

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Eric Kemp-Benedict
Eric Kemp-Benedict

SEI Affiliated Researcher

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