Climate Injustices Have Multiplied over Time: The Need for Climate System Justice

Joyeeta Gupta, Yang Chen, Clara McDonnell, Augusto Heras, Janina Herzog-Hawelka, Frank de Morrée and Opal Morales Asencio
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Joyeeta Gupta: Joyeeta Gupta is the corresponding author (J.Gupta@uva.nl) and is affiliated with the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research at the University of Amsterdam and IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands.
Yang Chen: Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Clara McDonnell: Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Augusto Heras: Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Janina Herzog-Hawelka: Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Frank de Morrée: Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Opal Morales Asencio: Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Progress in Development Studies, 2025, vol. 25, issue 3-4, 255-274

Abstract: This article asks: How have climate injustices accumulated in climate negotiations, and how can a climate system justice approach be developed? It concludes that, first, without a just approach, climate change cannot be addressed. Second, it identifies six cumulative injustices: (a) delay of the long-term climate objective, (b) post-equitable sharing of the ‘carbon budget’, (c) ignoring stranded resources and assets, (d) adopting efficient but inequitable/ineffective mitigation instruments, (e) weak adaptation and loss and damage strategies and (f) a symptomatic not curative approach. This article concludes by calling for climate system justice, arguing that only a just approach enables effective climate policy.

Keywords: Climate justice; Earth system justice; Mitigation; Adaptation; Fossil fuels (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1177/14649934251360854

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