Climate Change and Future Justice av Catriona (University of Reading UK) McKinnon

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<P>Climate change creates unprecedented problems of intergenerational justice. What do members of the current generation owe to future generations in virtue of the contribution they are making to climate change? </P><P>Providing important new insights within the theoretical framework of political liberalism, <EM>Climate Change and Future Justice</EM> presents arguments in three key areas:</P><UL><P><LI><STRONG>Mitigation</STRONG>: the current generation ought to adopt a strong precautionary principle in formulating climate change policy in order to minimise the risks of serious harm from climate change imposed on future generations</LI><P></P><P><LI><STRONG>Adaptation</STRONG>: the current generation ought to create a fund to which members of future generations may apply for compensation if the risks of climate change harm imposed on them by the current generation ripen into harms</LI><P></P><P><LI><STRONG>Triage</STRONG>: future generations ought to keep alive hope for a return to the