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How does Climate change policy connect to contemporary debates

How Climate-Change Policy Connects to Contemporary Debates

Explain: Justice and ethics

Justice and Ethics in Climate-Change Policy

Explain: Intergenerational justice: obligations to future generations about risk...

Intergenerational Justice and Climate Policy — Obligations to Future Generations

Explain: Distributive justice: who should bear mitigation/adaptation costs—rich ...

Distributive Justice and Who Should Pay for Climate Action

Explain: Procedural justice: inclusive decision making and respect for Indigenou...

Procedural Justice in Climate Policy — Inclusion and Respect for Indigenous and ...

Explain: Political theory and legitimacy

Political Theory and Legitimacy in Climate-Change Policy

Explain: National sovereignty vs. global governance: climate policy forces debat...

National Sovereignty vs. Global Governance in Climate Policy

Explain: Democratic legitimacy and urgency: emergency-style measures (carbon rat...

Democratic Legitimacy and Urgency in Climate Policy

Explain: Public policy and economics

Public policy and economics — how they shape climate-change responses

Explain: Cost–benefit and discounting: how to value future harms (discount rates...

Cost–Benefit Analysis and Discounting in Climate Policy

Explain: Market mechanisms vs. regulation: carbon pricing (taxes, cap-and-trade)...

Market Mechanisms vs. Regulation in Climate Policy — What’s at Stake

Explain: Green growth vs. degrowth: whether decarbonization can proceed within c...

Green growth vs. degrowth: can decarbonization coexist with economic growth?

Explain: Risk, uncertainty, and decision theory

Risk, uncertainty, and decision theory

Explain: Deep uncertainty and catastrophic risk prompt precautionary principles,...

Deep Uncertainty, Catastrophic Risk, and How They Shape Climate Decision-Making

Explain: Interplay of scientific uncertainty and policy: how to act when models ...

Acting Under Scientific Uncertainty in Climate Policy

Explain: Ethics of technology and innovation

Ethics of Technology and Innovation in Climate Policy

Explain: Geoengineering: moral hazard, governance, and whether deliberate climat...

Geoengineering: Moral Hazard, Governance, and Permissibility

Explain: Technology transfer and intellectual property: ethical and political is...

Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and the Ethics of Global Access to L...

Explain: Human rights and migration

Human Rights and Climate-Driven Migration

Explain: Climate displacement raises questions about refugee status, state oblig...

Climate Displacement — Legal and Moral Questions about Refugee Status, State Obl...

Explain: Food, water, and health impacts implicate rights-based frameworks.

How Food, Water, and Health Impacts of Climate Change Invoke Rights-Based Framew...

Explain: Cultural values and narrative politics

Cultural Values and Narrative Politics in Climate-Change Policy

Explain: Climate politics intersects identity, cultural framing, climate deniali...

How Identity, Cultural Framing, and Trust Shape Climate Politics

Explain: Responsibility narratives (consumer guilt vs. structural change) influe...

Responsibility Narratives — Consumer Guilt vs. Structural Change and Their Effec...

Explain: Moral psychology and behavioral ethics

Moral psychology and behavioral ethics — how they matter for climate policy

Explain: Collective action problems, tragedy of the commons, moral motivation, a...

How Collective Action, the Tragedy of the Commons, Moral Motivation, and Effecti...

Explain: Parfit, D. Reasons and Persons (intergenerational ethics).

Parfit’s Reasons and Persons — Key Ideas on Intergenerational Ethics

Explain: Stern, N. The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review.

The Stern Review — A Concise Explanation

Explain: Gardiner, S. A Perfect Moral Storm: The Ethical Tragedy of Climate Chan...

Gardiner — A Perfect Moral Storm: The Ethical Tragedy of Climate Change (explain...

Explain: Caney, S. “Climate change, human rights, and moral thresholds,” Ethics ...

Summary and Explanation — Caney, “Climate Change, Human Rights, and Moral Thresh...