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dc.contributor.authorKunnas, Jan
dc.contributor.editorBohle, Martin
dc.contributor.editorMarone, Eduardo
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-27T10:22:13Z
dc.date.available2021-10-27T10:22:13Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationKunnas, J. (2021). Climate Change, Uncertainty and Ethical Superstorms. In M. Bohle, & E. Marone (Eds.), <i>Geo-societal Narratives : Contextualising geosciences</i> (pp. 167-178). Palgrave Macmillan. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79028-8_12" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79028-8_12</a>
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dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/78393
dc.description.abstractI argue that one of the most urgent tasks of geoethics is how to deal with climate change in a just and equitable way. At worst, our current path could lead to multi-metre sea-level rise, increases in storms and climate extremes, causing devastating social disruption and economic consequences. I present some alternatives on how to handle this alarming prospect, arguing that we cannot condense our decision-making on climate change into numerical calculations, but should instead make ethical judgements. The commonly used expected utility maximation can be considered a gamble on future generations’ expense for the benefit of the current ones. Thus, from a Rawlsian perspective, we will instead choose the maximin principle, which tells us to adopt the alternative whose worst outcome is superior to the other alternatives. Justice also requires us to make amendments for past emissions. A calculation of the cumulative cost of carbon dioxide emissions shows that developed countries bear the primary responsibility for climate change. A mutual debt cancellation between developed countries’ carbon debts versus developing countries’ conventional monetary debt would solve past grievances, while unilateral measures to curb climate change would provide examples for others to follow.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherPalgrave Macmillan
dc.relation.ispartofGeo-societal Narratives : Contextualising geosciences
dc.rightsIn Copyright
dc.titleClimate Change, Uncertainty and Ethical Superstorms
dc.typebookPart
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-202110275423
dc.contributor.laitosBio- ja ympäristötieteiden laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosHistorian ja etnologian laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Biological and Environmental Scienceen
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of History and Ethnologyen
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dc.relation.isbn978-3-030-79027-1
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dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.format.pagerange167-178
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dc.rights.copyright© 2021 the Authors
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dc.subject.ysopäästökauppa
dc.subject.ysooikeudenmukaisuusteoria
dc.subject.ysoetiikka
dc.subject.ysoglobaali oikeudenmukaisuus
dc.subject.ysomaailmanlaajuiset ongelmat
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dc.relation.doi10.1007/978-3-030-79028-8_12
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