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En Teori om Klimaträttvisa / A Theory of Climate Justice

This essay investigates three questions relating to Climate Justice and are as follows: To what degree ought the global warming be restricted, How ought the greenhouse gas emissions be divided and How ought the costs related to the climate change be divided. To be able to answer these questions principles of justice are needed. An argument is therefore constructed modeled after John Rawls Original Position in general and The Veil of Ignorance in particular. The conclusions from this essay are that the global temperature increase ought to be restricted to 1.5 degrees Celsius with support from Maximin as a principle of justice. As a consequent to this goal net zero emissions need to be the case as soon as possible. The remaining possible emissions ought to be divided equally with support from Maximin as a principle of justice. For the last question it is suggested that the costs ought to be paid by the ones how have emitted greenhouse gases, this according to the principle of Polluter Pays.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-197410
Date January 2022
CreatorsLangman, Jonas
PublisherUmeå universitet, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageSwedish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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