Justice in Funding Adaptation under the International Climate Change Regime
Covering the ethical dimensions of international-level adaptation funding, a subject of growing interest in the climate change debate, this book provides a theoretical analysis of the ethical foundations of the UNFCCC regime on adaptation funding, one tha
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Justice in Funding Adaptation under the International Climate Change Regime Marco Grasso Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan
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Marco Grasso Dipartimento di Science Economico Aziendali Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi 8 I-20126 Milano Italy [email protected]
ISBN 978-90-481-3438-0 e-ISBN 978-90-481-3439-7 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-3439-7 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009939125 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Acknowledgments
This book has benefited from the suggestions and comments of many people. I would especially like to thank Michael Redclift, Matilde Ferretto, Elena dell’Agnese, Mark Pelling, Michael Mason, Edward Page, Marina Calloni, Harro van Asselt and Menno Kamminga. I am also indebted to all the members of the Dipartimento di Sociologia e Ricerca Sociale of the Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca for having stimulated me to reflect on the issues addressed by this book. E grazie, soprattutto, a chi mi è vicino.
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Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 Justice and Climate Change 1.2 Aims of the Book . . . . . 1.3 Outline of the Book . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2 Adaptation to Climate Change . . . . . . 2.1 The Prominent Role of Mitigation . . . 2.2 Integrating Mitigation and Adaptation . 2.3 The Importance of Adaptation . . . . . 2.4 The Notion of Adaptation . . . . . . . 2.5 Vulnerability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6 Adaptive Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7 Adaptation in Practice . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3 The Ethical Bases of International Adaptation Funding . . . . . . 3.1 From Justice to Theories of Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 The Scope of Distributive Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 The International Span of Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4 The State’s Responsibility in the Liberal Perspective . . . . . . . 3.5 The State’s Social Vulnerabilit
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