United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNESCO

The Ethical Implications of Global Climate Change.

Paris

2010

I. Introduction

II. Uncertainties related to climate change
II.A Uncertainties in the scientific knowledge base
Gaps in climate change observation
Limitations in the predictive capacity of climate science
II.B Climate change as a source of ethical ambiguity
Threats of global climate change to human well-being
Issues of justice
II.C Ethical challenges related to the main characteristics of global climate change

III. The basis, nature and scope of ethics

IV. Internationally agreed ethical principles relevant to global climate change
IV.A Problems in applying international instruments and principles
IV.B Beyond existing values and principles?

V. Core themes for critical ethical dialogue
V.A The link between foreknowledge and the duty to act on it
V.B Applying the precautionary principle as a basis for action in the face of scientifi c uncertainty
V.C Determining the place of human rights in an ethics of climate change
V.D Concerns about future generations in an ethics of climate change
V.E Concerns about discounting
V.F Obstacles to sharing and differentiating responsibilities

VI. Conclusions

VII. References

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