Climate Justice and Collective Action

This book develops a theory of climate cooperation designed for concerted action, emphasising the role and function of collectives in achieving shared climate goals. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate action, climate justice, environmental sociology and environmental philosophy and ethics more broadly.

Autorentext

Angela Kallhoff is Professor of Ethics with Special Emphasis of Applied Ethics at the University of Vienna, Austria. She works on ethics, climate ethics and political philosophy. Her books include Why Democracy Needs Public Goods (2011), and, as an editor, Plant Ethics: Concepts and Applications (2018) and Nanotechnology: Regulation and Public Discourse (2019).

Inhalt

1. Theoretical Frame 2. The Tragedy of the Commons Recalled 3. Collective Action Problems Reconsidered 4. Joint Environmental Action: The Building Blocks 5. The Ethos in Joint Environmental Action 6. Climate Goals Revisited 7. Climate Duties 8. Climate Duties as Joint-Action Duties 9. A Fair Share in Accumulative Goals 10. Some Conclusions: Institutions and Responsibilities