The Obligation to Curb Carbon Emissions: A Right for All or None

Title
The Obligation to Curb Carbon Emissions: A Right for All or None
Publication Date
2023
Author(s)
Quirico, Ottavio
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8268-7501
Email: oquirico@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:oquirico
Editor
Editor(s): Walter F Baber and James R May
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Place of publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
DOI
10.1017/9781009039642.009
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/55382
Abstract
The Polar ice caps shrink, ocean currents change, sea level rises and trees flower sooner than expected. Although scientific evidence proves that, owing to anthropogenic activities,1 air temperature is on track to increase beyond 2°C above pre-industrial levels by 2084 (Wang et al., 2018, p. 761) and the time window for addressing the problem is fast shrinking (IPCC, 2018, p. 112; IPCC, 2021, p. 8), all UNFCCC Conferences of the Parties have thus far failed to establish an effective regulatory system. There are indeed States that emit 6,457 million metric tons of CO2 per year (Ritchie & Roser, 2019, CO2 Emissions Per Capita), causing the polar regions to warm twice as fast as the rest of the world (Year of Polar Prediction, 2017).
Link
Citation
Environmental Human Rights in the Anthropocene: Concepts, Contexts, and Challenges, p. 149-173
ISBN
9781009039642
9781316510773
9781009017091
Start page
149
End page
173

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