International Climate Justice: What the People Think

Auriane Meilland (), Yann Kervinio and Aurélie Méjean
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Auriane Meilland: CIRED - Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Développement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - AgroParisTech - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - Université Paris-Saclay - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, AgroParisTech
Yann Kervinio: CIRED - Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Développement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - AgroParisTech - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - Université Paris-Saclay - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées
Aurélie Méjean: CIRED - Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Développement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - AgroParisTech - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - Université Paris-Saclay - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Are countries contributing their fair share to the Paris Agreement? The answer to this central question can rely on knowledge about existing and potentially shared views about fairness. Yet, current studies on existing fairness views are rare and often have a limited practical scope. In this article, we design and administer a survey to elicit fairness judgements among French and US citizens regarding these issues. We find that in both countries, most respondents think that principles of climate justice should be settled internationally even if they go against some countries' interests, and express a preference for common (rather than differentiated) responsibilities -all the more likely when they are concerned about climate change. We observe support for two theoretical effort sharing rules: a convergence towards equal per capita emissions, and an operationalized version of grandfathering. Our survey also shows inconsistencies in observed fairness judgements, and that citizens have difficulties coordinating on simple judgements regarding existing nationally determined contributions. We eventually call for the progressive development of standardised surveys on these questions.

Keywords: fairness; climate justice; tacit coordination game; survey; empirical social choice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-10-28
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Published in Environmental and Resource Economics, 2024, ⟨10.1007/s10640-024-00931-5⟩

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DOI: 10.1007/s10640-024-00931-5

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