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Climate Change, Justice and Future Generations

Climate Change, Justice and Future Generations Book Reviews / Journal of Moral Philosophy 7 (2010) 145–153 151 E.A. Page, Climate Change, Justice and Future Generations (Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2006), 224 pp. ISBN 184376184X (hbk). Hardback/Paperback: £55.00/19.95. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), global surface tem- perature will rise between 1.4 and 5.8 ºC by 2100, depending on the extent of the emission of greenhouse gases. A number of adverse consequences would result from a serious rise in global temperature, including, for example, more frequent extreme weather events (e.g. heat waves, droughts, fl oods and cyclones) and the expansion of the transmission area of various infectious diseases, such as malaria. Th e behaviour of the present and subsequent generations of human beings could thus result in dramatic, possibly catastrophic, conse- quences for millions of people in the future. In Climate Change, Justice and Future Generations , Edward Page asks what obligations earlier generations of human beings owe later generations in the way of controlling the extent of climate change and mitigating its eff ects. His main focus is to tackle this question from the point of view of distributive justice—‘the study of how benefi ts and burdens should be http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Moral Philosophy Brill

Climate Change, Justice and Future Generations

Bou-Habib, Paul
Journal of Moral Philosophy , Volume 7 (1): 151 – Jan 1, 2010
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© 2010 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Book Reviews / Journal of Moral Philosophy 7 (2010) 145–153 151 E.A. Page, Climate Change, Justice and Future Generations (Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2006), 224 pp. ISBN 184376184X (hbk). Hardback/Paperback: £55.00/19.95. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), global surface tem- perature will rise between 1.4 and 5.8 ºC by 2100, depending on the extent of the emission of greenhouse gases. A number of adverse consequences would result from a serious rise in global temperature, including, for example, more frequent extreme weather events (e.g. heat waves, droughts, fl oods and cyclones) and the expansion of the transmission area of various infectious diseases, such as malaria. Th e behaviour of the present and subsequent generations of human beings could thus result in dramatic, possibly catastrophic, conse- quences for millions of people in the future. In Climate Change, Justice and Future Generations , Edward Page asks what obligations earlier generations of human beings owe later generations in the way of controlling the extent of climate change and mitigating its eff ects. His main focus is to tackle this question from the point of view of distributive justice—‘the study of how benefi ts and burdens should be

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Published: Jan 1, 2010

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