Climate Change Impacts. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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Ethics &
Global Climate Change ENV 100 Guest Lecture
Lauren Hartzell Nichols, Ph.D.
October 12, 2012
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Agenda
A brief introduction to climate change
Ethics & Climate Change:
Why is climate change an ethical issue?
What are some of the specific ethical issues that arise when trying to decide on appropriate climate policy?
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IPCC AR4, WGI, FAQ 1.3, Figure 1
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IPCC AR4, WGI, FAQ 1.3, Figure 1
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IPCC AR4, Synthesis Report, Figure 3.2
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Why is Climate
Change an Ethical
Issue?
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A Perfect Moral Storm:
The Ethical Tragedy of Climate
Change
Stephen Gardiner, Ph.D.
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The Global Challenge
• Causes and Effects of CC are spatially diffuse
– Emissions all over the world cause CC
– People will be differentially affected all over the
world
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The Intergenerational Challenge
• Causes and Effects of CC are temporally diffuse
– Effects of CC caused by centuries of emissions
• We will harmfully affect future generations (not ourselves)
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The Ecological Challenge
• Climate change will affect animals and
nonhuman nature (plants, ecosystems, etc.)
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The Theoretical Challenge
• Scientific uncertainty & risk
• International justice
• Intergenerational ethics
• Environmental ethics
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The Perfect Moral Storm
• The Global Storm
• The Intergenerational Storm
• (The Ecological Storm)
• The Theoretical Storm
“The sense of the analogy is then that climate change appears to be a perfect moral storm because it involves the convergence of a number of factors that threaten our ability to behave ethically.”
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Moral Corruption
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What are some of the
specific ethical issues that
arise when trying to
decide on appropriate
climate policy?
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The Allocation of Emissions
• What rates of GHG emissions should be
allowed?
• Who should be allowed to emit how GHGs and
at what rates?
– Developed vs. Developing Countries
– Poor vs. Rich Individuals
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Unavoided Impacts
• Who should Pay for Adaptation?
• What, if any, compensation is owed to those
who suffer from climate impacts?
– Who pays for this?
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Individual Responsibility
• Are individuals responsible for their climate-
affecting behaviors (e.g., GHG emissions)?
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Individual Responsibility
• Are individuals responsible for their climate-
affecting behaviors (e.g., GHG emissions)?
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Geoengineering
• Should we research geoengineering strategies?
• Who should decide to implement
geoengineering?
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IPCC AR4, WGI, FAQ 1.3, Figure 1
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Geoengineering
• Should we research geoengineering strategies?
• Who should decide to implement
geoengineering?
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Ethics &
Global Climate Change ENV 100 Guest Lecture
Lauren Hartzell Nichols, Ph.D.
October 12, 2012