An ethical approach to climate adaptation finance

Toward a Sustainable and Resilient Future

“…These are a set of self-imposed guidelines for good humanitarian practices that require impartiality in post-disaster actions including shelter management and access to and distribution of relief and reconstruction aid (Sphere, 2004). The ethics and equity dimensions of risk management have also been explored in adaptation through the application of Rawls' theory of justice (Rawls, 1971;Paavola, 2005;Grasso, 2009Grasso, , 2010. From this perspective, priority is given to reducing risk for the most vulnerable, even if this limits the absolute numbers who benefit.…”

The Ethics of Assisted Colonization in the Age of Anthropogenic Climate Change

“…Key intragenerational equity questions include responsibility for climate change impacts, the distribution of the costs and benefits of adaptation infrastructure, compensation for residual damages, and fair participation in planning and adaptation decision-making (Grasso 2009). Paavola and Adger (2006) suggest that principles for just adaptation to climate change should include avoiding dangerous climate change, forward-looking responsibility, putting the most vulnerable first, and equal participation of all.…”

Ethics of mitigation, adaptation and geoengineering

“…The precise extent to which richer countries can be held historically responsible and accountable for current climate impacts, however, is not easy to determine. Against this backdrop, intricate debates are currently emerging about the fairness of distribution of costs and benefits of prevention and adaptation measures, the responsibility for compensation for residual damages, and procedural questions about fair participation in the related decision processes (Grasso 2010).…”