Axel Gosseries on Corrective and Distributive Climate Justice

Axel Gosseries is FNRS professor of political philosophy at UCLouvain and visiting professor at the University of Wollo in Ethiopia.
Approaching global climate justice from a corrective or a distributive angle makes a significant difference. Many, especially when focusing on historical emissions, want to give a central role to the corrective approach, insisting on compensating for past climate harms. Axel indicates why this approach faces serious challenges, particularly in the specific context of climate justice. He stresses why an approach giving a more central role to global distributive obligations is more robust.
This talk was part of the conference 'The Role of Indigenous African Environmental Ethics in Combatting the Climate Crisis'.
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www.ucsia.org/en/evenementen/the-role-of-indigenous-african-environmental-ethics-in-combatting-the-climate-crisis/