Dual climate change responsibility: on moral divergences between mitigation and adaptation

Jagers, Sverker C.; Duus-Otterström, Göran

doi:10.1080/09644010802193443

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“…This is further complicated by the tendency for authors to employ the term without explicit definition and assume mutual understanding; however, as this review will highlight, this is not the case. Broadly speaking, democratic and political legitimacy typically occupy debates in political science (Scharpf 2000;Klijn and Skelcher 2007), alongside moral reasoning (Risse 2006;Jagers and Duus-Otterström 2008;Adger et al 2017). Legal scholars have examined the implications of governance and legitimacy in the context of (shifting) legal principles, alongside matters of responsibility, accountability, procedural and substantive fairness, and the rule of law (e.g.…”

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Bridging the legitimacy gap—translating theory into practical signposts for legitimate flood risk governance

2017

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Legitimacy is widely regarded as a founding principle of 'good' and effective governance, yet despite intense academic debate and policy discourse, the concept remains conceptually confusing and poorly articulated in practice. To bridge this gap, this research performed an interpretive thematic analysis of academic scholarship across public administration, public policy, law, political science, and geography. Four core themes were identified in relation to representative deliberation, procedural and distributive equity and justice, and socio-political acceptability, with numerous sub-themes therein. In an attempt to clarify conceptual confusion, this paper grounds these theoretical debates in the context of flood risk governance where numerous legitimacy dilemmas exist. A number of questions are presented as conceptual 'signposts' to encourage reflexive governance in the future. Thus, more broadly, we assert the importance of bringing legitimacy to the forefront of contemporary flood risk governance discourse and practice, moving beyond the realm of academic reflection.

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Bridging the legitimacy gap—translating theory into practical signposts for legitimate flood risk governance

2017

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“…There are significant differences regarding which principles should be used to share such burdens, taking into account historical responsibility, current abilities to contribute, or hybrid accounts (cf. Duus-Otterström and Jagers 2012; Jagers and Duus-Otterström 2008;Caney 2005).…”

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Adaptive Ideals and Aspirational Goals: The Utopian Ideals and Realist Constraints of Climate Change Adaptation

Baard

2015

J Agric Environ Ethics

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There is a growing need to implement anticipatory climate change adaptation measures, particularly in vulnerable sectors, such as in agriculture. However, setting goals to adapt is wrought with several challenges. This paper discusses two sets of challenges to goals of anticipatory adaptation, of (1) empirical and (2) normative character. The first set of challenges concern issues such as the extent to which the climate will change, the local impacts of such changes, and available adaptive responses. In the second set of uncertainties are issues such as the distribution of burdens to enhance adaptive capacities in vulnerable agents with a legitimate claim to such resources, and what anticipatory adaptation ideally should result in. While previous discussions have been limited to either discuss the first or second set of uncertainties, this paper suggests that both dimensions should be considered when setting goals in social planning with long time frames. A taxonomy will be suggested that combines both dimensions. Furthermore, strategies for managing situations in which there are either empirical, or normative, uncertainties will be proposed which could be used in social decision-making with long planning time-frames in which goals must be set.

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“…Some of the ethical facets of adaptation have been directly addressed in the literature, through the definition of burden sharing rules for allocating its cost (e.g. Oxfam, 2007;Baer et al, 2008;Jagers and Duss-Otteströ m, 2008), or indirectly, through the individuation of responsibility for climate burdens (e.g. Caney, 2005;Page, 2008).…”

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An ethical approach to climate adaptation finance

Grasso

2010

Global Environmental Change

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Dual climate change responsibility: on moral divergences between mitigation and adaptation

Cited by 55 publications

References 14 publications

Bridging the legitimacy gap—translating theory into practical signposts for legitimate flood risk governance

Bridging the legitimacy gap—translating theory into practical signposts for legitimate flood risk governance

Adaptive Ideals and Aspirational Goals: The Utopian Ideals and Realist Constraints of Climate Change Adaptation

An ethical approach to climate adaptation finance

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