Brown, Donald A.2019-09-252019-09-252010-09-172009-08http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/175542"The nations of the world will reconvene in December, 2009 to negotiate a replacement to the Kyoto Protocol which expires by its own terms in 2012. This post examines the willingness of nations to commit to GHG atmospheric concentration goals and national GHG reduction targets in these negotiations compared to their ethical obligations in light of positions nations have taken as they approach Copenhagen. First, this post examines the features of human-induced climate change that calls for classifying the issues to be negotiated in Copenhagen as ethical problems. Next, the post looks at ethical guidance that nations should consider in regard to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions targets, an issue of huge significance on the Copenhagen agenda. The post then looks at the position of some governments on emission reduction targets in light of these ethical obligations." (p.1)engWith permission of the license/copyright holdergreenhouse effectclimate ethicsPolitical ethicsEnvironmental ethicsGovernance and ethicsResources ethicsPreprint