GOV108 Theme 2 + 3

Main take-aways from mandatory readings

Caney, S. (2005)

Cosmopolitan Justice, Responsibility, and Global Climate Change

Limitations of PPP, it cannot handle GHG that from; Earlier generations(Cannot pay), those who are excusably ignorant(should not pay), those who do not want to comply(will not pay).

Suggests Hybrid account; the ones able to spare emissions should do so(not for historic reasons, but because it is the right thing to do), and strong authoraties should be made to hinder those who do not want to comply.

Hybrid models suggests that either the poor or the privigliged has to pay. Then it should be the privilidged.

Harlan, S, et al. (2015)

Climate Justice and inequality

Climate change is a justice issue for Three reasons:

1. Causes are driven by social inequalities. Rich uses more fossil fuels than poor

2. Rich and poor are impacted unequally.

3. Policies managing climate change have unequal impacts across societies. Minorities are often excluded in the decision making process.

Vanderheiden, S. (2013)

What Justice Theory and Climate- Change Politics Can Learn from Each Other

The UNFCCC statement, “on basis of equity and…common but differentiated responsibility and respective capabilities”, makes for a discussion of climate justice, on a theoretical and practical level.

Climate Politics should learn to avoid “good enough“ principles of justice

Justice theorists should learn that climate Politics can make justice theory more complete, taking into account climate changes’s exacerbating effect on inequality.

Meckling, J. (2011)

The European Union: From Foe to Friend of Carbon Trading

1. EU started viewing it as a license to pollute.

2. Convinced by UK ETS made by BP Protrading coalition and European commision cooperate.

3. German failure to prevent(Afraid of bureaucracy and loosing previos agreement)

4. EU ETS was created.

Tvinnereim, E. and M. Mehling (2018)

Carbon pricing and deep decarbonisation

Carbon pricing on cars in sweden.

Carbonpricing is cost effective for maginal reductions.

Carbon pricing is inadequite for deep decarbonisation.

Dupont, Claire, et al.

Three decades of EU climate policy: Racing toward climate neutrality?

The European Green Deal(EGD):

Maintains some previous patterns

1. Growing packages of climate legislation, rather than individual laws.

2. Continues decadal target setting.

Breaks some trends

1. More hollistic approach including social, finance, food and nature restoration.

2. Introduces new tools: CBAM, Social Climate Fund.

Liebreich, M. (2022

Cleaning Up Podcast

Discusses germany moving to more renewables and how it is impacted by the geopiolitical situation of lately. Eliminating reliance on Russia.

Germany wishes to have 80% renewables in electricity by 2030 and carbon neutral power system by 2035. The last 20% will be gas infrastructure, that should be made hydrogen ready.

European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003

EU Emission Trading Directive

Definition and rules of the EU ETS