Brown, DonaldTuana, NancyAverill, MarilynBaer, paul2019-09-252019-09-252010-10-222004http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/175702"This paper describes th e relevant facts, eth ical questions, and preliminary eth ical analyses th at will constitute th e initial ph ase of th e Collaborative Program on th e Eth ical Dimensions of Climate (EDCC).1 This paper does not seek to deal with th ese matt ers exhaustively but rath er intends to create a focus for initial inquiry and draw preliminary conclusions about th e eth ical dimensions of several climate change issues th at are possible at th is early stage of th e work of th e EDCC.2 By th e use of th e word “eth ics” in th is paper is meant th e field of ph ilosoph ical inquiry th at examines concept s and th eir emp loyment about what is right and wrong, obligatory and non-obligatory, and when responsibility should att ach to human actions th at cause harm. For th is reason, an eth ical examination of climate change issues will explore prescript ive assertions about what should be done about climate change rath er th an focus on descript ions of scientific and economic facts alone, alth ough good eth ical analyses of climate change issues must be sensitive to facts th at frame any issue. For th is reason, th is paper identifies th e scientific, economic, and social facts associated with each issue about which it draws eth ical conclusions." (p. 7)engWith permission of the license/copyright holderclimate changeclimate ethicsUnited Nationsenvironmentenvironmental protectionpollutionemissionsEnvironmental ethicsPreprint