Responsibility for climate justice: Political not moral

• Published in: European journal of political theory Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 26 - 50
• Main Author: Sardo, Michael Christopher
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2023; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Climate change; Climate justice; Distributive justice; Morality; Political action; Political institutions; Political power; Responsibility; Iris Marion Young; Climate change; political responsibility; structural injustice; global justice

How should responsibility be theorized in the context of the global climate crisis? This question is often framed through the language of distributive justice. Because of the inequitable distribution of historical emissions, climate vulnerability, and adaptation capacity, such considerations are nec...