Reading the Kyoto Protocol: Ethical Aspects of the Convention on Climatic Change - Couverture souple

 
9789059720640: Reading the Kyoto Protocol: Ethical Aspects of the Convention on Climatic Change
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 9059720644 ISBN 13 : 9789059720640
Editeur : Eburon Academic Publishers, 2005

Synopsis

The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by moving the international community to take measures preventing "dangerous man-made interference with the climate system".
Since its publication in 1997, the Kyoto Protocol has triggered heated debates amongst scientists and politicians. According to a number of critics, the questions as to whether global warming is caused by human intervention, and whether taking appropriate measures could reduce the trend, have not yet been conclusively established. Up until February 2005, this dispute has delayed the Kyoto Protocol from becoming legally binding in a limited number of countries.
However, if the predictions are accurate, measures have to be taken to prevent a global catastrophe. Which leads to another, much overlooked, but no less important question, namely how mankind can be motivated to accept the burden attached to the measures proposed by the Kyoto Protocol; in other words, how do we find and formulate an ethical basis for measures forcing us to sacrifice some of our wealth and riches, for a cleaner, more sustainable world?
This inspiring collection of articles, sometimes unanimous, sometimes in disagreement, provide by their very diversity an excellent basis for further discussion and scrutiny of important questions that will concern us for many years to come. Contributors include internationally known philosophers, researchers, and environmentalists.

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À propos de l'auteur

Etienne Vermeersch is emeritus professor in ethics at the University of Ghent in Belgium.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by moving the international community to take measures preventing "dangerous man-made interference with the climate system".
Since its publication in 1997, the Kyoto Protocol has triggered heated debates amongst scientists and politicians. According to a number of critics, the questions as to whether global warming is caused by human intervention, and whether taking appropriate measures could reduce the trend, have not yet been conclusively established. Up until February 2005, this dispute has delayed the Kyoto Protocol from becoming legally binding in a limited number of countries.
However, if the predictions are accurate, measures have to be taken to prevent a global catastrophe. Which leads to another, much overlooked, but no less important question, namely how mankind can be motivated to accept the burden attached to the measures proposed by the Kyoto Protocol; in other words, how do we find and formulate an ethical basis for measures forcing us to sacrifice some of our wealth and riches, for a cleaner, more sustainable world?
This inspiring collection of articles, sometimes unanimous, sometimes in disagreement, provide by their very diversity an excellent basis for further discussion and scrutiny of important questions that will concern us for many years to come. Contributors include internationally known philosophers, researchers, and environmentalists.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Eburon Academic Publishers
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9059720644
ISBN 13 
9789059720640
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Éditeur
Vermeersch Etienne
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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