Public Perspectives of Distribution Issues
摘要
In this chapter, we examine what citizens themselves consider to be just distributions of climate costs. We do this in two ways. We first discuss the existing research on this topic, and then present the results of our own research into public perspectives of distributive justice. A key finding is that more than three-quarters of respondents consider fair burden sharing to be important; often more important than reducing carbon emissions. However, this is not yet adequately reflected in current climate policy.