Climate Change & Justice

The Project

The project “Climate change and justice. Climate policy as a component of fair globalisation and sustainable poverty reduction” sets out to analyse the interactions between preventing hazardous climate change and reducing global poverty. The objective is to develop suitable strategies and options for global climate and energy policy which will support rather than undermine national and international efforts towards poverty reduction.

Due to the complexity of the issues, this project is not simply concerned with compiling a study or a book. Its priority is to come up, as much as possible, with specific and concrete recommendations and options for action. This presupposes dialogue with representatives from other countries and cultures. From the outset, it also hopes to gain the widest possible public attention by engaging in a broad-based dialogue between research, business, church-based actors, civil society and policymakers.

Partners

Funding agencies are From Knowledge to Action – the Munich Re Foundation and MISEREOR, the agency of the German Catholics for development cooperation in partnership with the countries of the South. Project realisation: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Institute for Social and Development Studies (IGP) at the Munich School of Philosophy.

More Information on the Project

• Final Report, September 2010 (German): Global aber gerecht: Klimawandel bekämpfen, Entwicklung ermöglichen
• Summaries of the Final Report in German, English, French, Spanish
• Dossier Welt-Sichten, May 2008 (German): Klimawandel und Armut
  
• Paper of Prof. Johannes Müller "Climate Change as ethical challenge",  Stimmen der Zeit 226 (2008) no. 6, p. 391-405
  
• Homepage of the project with detailed information about the project and the involved partners