Ethics and global environmental policy [electronic resource] : cosmopolitan conceptions of climate change / edited by Paul G. Harris.
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TextPublication details: Cheltenham [England] : Edward Elgar Pub., 2011Description: 1 online resource (x, 205 p.)ISBN: 9780857931610 (e-book)Subject(s): Environmental policy -- Moral and ethical aspects | Environmental ethicsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleLOC classification: GE170 | .E84 2011Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction : cosmopolitanism and climate change policy / Paul G. Harris -- 2. Climate justice as globalized responsibility : mitigation, adaptation and avoiding harm to others / Steve Vanderheiden -- 3. Climate change and the cosmopolitan responsibility of individuals : policy / Vanguards Nigel Dower -- 4. Individual responsibility and voluntary action on climate change : activating agency / Jennifer Kent -- 5. Cosmopolitan solutions "from below" : climate change, international law and the capitalist challenge / Romain Felli -- 6. Sharing the burdens of climate change : environmental justice and qualified cosmopolitanism / Michael W. Howard -- 7. Cosmopolitanism and hegemony : the United States and climate change / Robert Paehlke -- 8. Overcoming the planetary prisoners' dilemma : cosmopolitan ethos and pluralist cooperation / Philip S. Golub and Jean-Paul Maréchal -- 9. Cosmopolitan diplomacy and the climate change regime : moving beyond international doctrine / Paul G. Harris.
This collection of provocative essays re-evaluates the world's failed policy responses to climate change, in the process demonstrating how cosmopolitan ethics can inform global environmental governance.
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