As repeatedly acknowledged since the ratification of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1992, the equitable allocation of climate burden among parties is at the heart of climate negotiations. But while equity principles have been extensively addressed in the literature on climate policy, their fundamental underlying values remain elusive. Drawing on anthropology and relational models theory, this Perspective paper aims to shed light on this topic by showing that any climate equity principle corresponds to one of the four relational models people in all cultures use to implement their exchanges – and thus corresponds to their associated principles of distributive justice. Such a clarification may facilitate academic research on this topic, as well as the definition, the acceptance and, finally, the effective implementation of climate policies.
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- Bibliographic Reference
- Matthieu Mandard. Anthropological grounds of climate equity principles. Environmental Science & Policy, In press, 151, pp.103601. ⟨10.1016/j.envsci.2023.103601⟩. ⟨halshs-04227925⟩
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2023.103601
- HAL Collection
- ["Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société", 'Université de Rennes 1', 'CNRS - Centre national de la recherche scientifique', 'CREM - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Management', 'Normandie Université', 'Publications labos UR1 dans HAL-Rennes 1', 'UR1 - publications SHS', 'TEST Université de Rennes CSS', 'Université de Rennes', 'Université de Caen Normandie', 'Pôle Rennes 1 - Droit-Economie-Gestion-Sciences Politiques-Philosophie']
- HAL Identifier
- 4234548
- Institution
- ['Université de Caen Normandie', 'Université de Rennes']
- Laboratory
- Centre de recherche en économie et management
- Published in
- France
Table of Contents
- Matthieu MANDARD 2
- University of Rennes 2
- Center for Research in Economics and Management (CREM – UMR CNRS 6211) 2
- 11 rue Jean Macé, CS 70803 Rennes Cedex 7, France 2
- matthieu.mandard@univ-rennes.fr 2
- Abstract 3
- Keywords 3
- 1. Introduction 4
- 2. Relational models theory 5
- 3. Relational models and climate equity principles 6
- 3.1. Communal sharing: to each according to his needs 6
- 3.2. Authority ranking: to each according to his position 7
- 3.3. Equality matching: to each the same 8
- 3.4. Market pricing: to each in due proportion 9
- 4. Conclusion: scientific and practical implications 11
- References 15