Climate Change, Ethics and Human Security

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Contributors......Page 9
Foreword......Page 11
Preface......Page 15
Part I: Framings......Page 17
Introduction......Page 19
Framings of climate change: what are the boundaries?......Page 22
Climate change as a separate box......Page 23
Equity......Page 24
Ethics......Page 25
Reflexivity......Page 26
Opening the box: climate change as an issue of human security......Page 27
Contributions to this book......Page 30
References......Page 35
The concept of ‘security’ in a human context......Page 39
Components of the ‘human security’ discourse(s)......Page 44
Roles......Page 48
Attacks on policy grounds: human security discourse is part of a dangerous agenda for world government, or no government – and is un-American......Page 54
Objections to a broad conception: further claims from definition......Page 55
Attacks on policy grounds: lack of prioritising power?......Page 56
Attacks on policy grounds: lack of influence?......Page 57
Concluding thoughts......Page 58
References......Page 60
Introduction......Page 63
Understanding climate change: big pictures and local lacunas......Page 64
The Pacific lacunae......Page 67
Human security: position, power and perspective......Page 71
Conclusions......Page 73
References......Page 74
Part II: Equity......Page 79
Introduction: a “shared vision”?......Page 81
Responsibility......Page 83
Vulnerability......Page 84
Action......Page 85
Inequality and mistrust in international environmental regimes......Page 87
Looking ahead towards solutions......Page 89
Moving towards “hybrid justice”......Page 90
Building trust and developing a “shared vision”......Page 92
References......Page 94
Introduction......Page 99
Adaptation to imposed climate change: vulnerability and access to decisions......Page 100
The governance of adaptation: inclusion and legitimacy......Page 102
Neck deep in water governance in Brazil......Page 104
Swimming with the sharks in Tobago......Page 106
Conclusions......Page 107
References......Page 109
Part III: Ethics......Page 111
Introduction......Page 113
The ethics of sustainable development in practice......Page 115
The politics of global environmental challenges......Page 118
Economics and climate change......Page 120
References......Page 127
7 Human rights, climate change, and discounting......Page 129
The main argument......Page 130
Rights and discounting......Page 132
Argument 1: the “argument from revealed preferences”......Page 135
Argument 2: the “argument from welfarism”......Page 137
Argument 3: the “argument from demandingness”......Page 138
Argument 4: the “argument from economic growth”......Page 141
Conclusion......Page 142
References......Page 143
8 Climate change as a global test for contemporary political institutions and theories......Page 147
The global test......Page 148
Scenarios......Page 150
The conjecture......Page 154
Theoretical vices......Page 158
An illustration: utilitarianism......Page 162
Human security......Page 167
References......Page 168
Part IV: Reflexivity......Page 171
Introduction......Page 173
Conceptual framework......Page 174
Linkages to capacity......Page 176
Participatory Integrated Assessment......Page 177
Models as dialogue starters......Page 180
Scenarios......Page 182
Backcasting......Page 184
Defining the preferred local sustainable development scenario......Page 185
Linking local development and climate change impacts......Page 187
Assessing the relationship between adaptation and mitigation at the local level......Page 188
Identifying measures to promote sustainable development pathways......Page 189
Acknowledgements......Page 191
References......Page 192
Introduction......Page 196
Dominant perspectives on the relations between climate change, poverty and development......Page 198
The importance of global knowledge institutions......Page 205
Towards the responsibility to protect people from poverty and climate change......Page 209
References......Page 212
Introduction......Page 215
Social contract theory: a problematic legacy for sustainability......Page 217
The ‘tweaking’ of the social contract in response to climate change......Page 219
Alternative visions to market-liberal contracts......Page 222
An enhanced view of the ‘we’......Page 223
Reflexivity......Page 224
Towards a transformative eco-social compact......Page 226
References......Page 228
Introduction......Page 231
The institutionalised discourse on climate change......Page 232
A new science on climate change......Page 233
The social context......Page 234
The institutional context......Page 235
The human context......Page 236
Human security in a global perspective......Page 238
Climate change, ethics and human security......Page 239
References......Page 242
Index......Page 244