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Treaty Norms and Climate Change Mitigation [Full Text]
09/11/09
UNFCCC norms tightly constrain the range of acceptable agreements for the distribution of burdens to mitigate climate change. Therefore any legitimate treaty must put much heavier mitigation burdens on industrialized countries. Of the various proposals, two in particular stand out.
Author(s):
Darrel Moellendorf
Justice and the Convention on Biological Diversity [Abstract]
09/11/09
By legislating for a system of justice-in-exchange covering nonhuman biological resources in preference to a free-for-all situation, the Convention on Biological Diversity provides a small step forward in redressing the distributive justice balance.
Author(s):
Doris Schroeder,
Thomas Pogge
The Right to Relocation: Disappearing Island Nations and Common Ownership of the Earth [Abstract]
Risse is concerned with humanity's common ownership of the earth, which has implications for a range of global problems. In particular, it helps illuminate the moral claims to international aid of small island nations whose existence is threatened by global climate change--such as Kiribati.
Author(s):
Mathias Risse



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