CLIMATE JUSTICE

Climate justice is a framework which is used for viewing global warming as an ethical issue and considering how climate change causes and impacts relate to concepts of justice, especially environmental justice and social justice. All debates on climate change in one or other way are related to the issue of justice. Justice concerns are at the core of debates on mitigation (who cuts?), adaptation (who pays?) and governance (who decides?). Climate justice refers to the fundamental asymmetry that those who have contributed least to global warming are the ones who will be affected significantly by the impacts of climate change. Taking into account importance of studying climate justice, this paper is devoted to analyzing different approaches to climate justice.