Distinguishing Mitigation and Adaptation

摘要

Baer et al. (Baer, Athanasiou, Kartha & Kemp-Benedict, 2008) seek to develop a single index for distributing the burdens associated with climate change mitigation and adaptation, and to do so in a way that rectifies shortcomings that have been associated with other 'burden sharing' approaches. Commendably, they recognize the importance of 'development' as a moral imperative that often competes with environmental objectives in climate justice models, and acknowledge the importance of accounting for those affluent consumers residing in poor countries that are sometimes mistakenly not assigned any remedial burdens for climate change.