Section 6 argues that an implication of this account of energy justice is that states have a basic duty to not harm others via greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions if they are able to reduce these emissions, regardless of the actions of other states and regardless of the ultimate outcome of climate change. [...] This analysis thus rests on a form of utilitarianism in which the goodness of a state of affairs is defined in terms of the consequences on the well-being of individuals. [...] This account of energy justice therefore does not call for an abandonment of fossil fuel use, but rather minimizing the harms that are generated by both a lack of energy and the damages from GHG emissions, as well as the harms that might be caused in the low-carbon energy sector, to the greatest extent possible. [...] WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENACTING THE DUTIES OF ENERGY JUSTICE? The previous sections argued that energy justice implies the duty to not harm others by emitting GHGs and the duty to aid those in meeting their basic needs via access to clean and reliable energy, insofar as one is able to carry out these duties. [...] 11 ABOUT THE IVEY ENERGY POLICY AUTHOR AND MANGEMENT CENTRE The Ivey Energy Policy and Management Centre Rebecca Livernois is an expert in both is the centre of expertise at the Ivey Business environmental philosophy and the philosophy of School focused on national energy business economics.
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Table of Contents
- KEY TAKEAWAYS 1
- 1. INTRODUCTION 1
- 2. PHILOSOPHICAL ACCOUNTS OF JUSTICE 2
- 2.1 Theories of Justice 2
- 2.2 Climate Environmental and Energy Justice 3
- 3. JUSTICE IN THE ENERGY SYSTEM 4
- 4. MEDIATING THE TENSION IN UPHOLDING ENERGY JUSTICE 6
- 4.1 Externality Theory 6
- 4.2 Ought Implies Can 7
- 5. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENACTING THE DUTIES OF ENERGY JUSTICE 8
- 6. IMPLICATIONS OF ENERGY JUSTICE 9
- 7. CONCLUSION 9
- REFERENCES 10
