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SUMMARY:Comparing Public Rationales for Justice in Mitigation and Adaptati
 on Climate Policy Dilemmas - Dr. Sonja Klinsky\, Department of Economics\,
  Cambridge University  (Simon Fraser University/University of British Colu
 mbia)
DTSTART:20110607T110000Z
DTEND:20110607T120000Z
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CONTACT:paul haynes
DESCRIPTION:This study examines public rationales about justice and burden
 -sharing\nin climate change mitigation and adaptation policy.  What argume
 nts\nabout justice resonate from a mitigation perspective\, which ones are
 \ndominant from an adaptation perspective\, and what might this suggest\na
 bout the contours of politically acceptable climate policy?  Using\nthink-
 aloud protocols and a structured elicitation approach with\nmembers of the
  lay public\, this study provides evidence that the two\ntypes of climate 
 policy trigger different sets of arguments about\njustice.  When asked abo
 ut mitigation burden-sharing participants\noverwhelmingly depending on arg
 uments about causality. In contrast\, in\ndiscussions of adaptation partic
 ipants emphasized ideas of need and\nability\, and used social and spatial
  distance to modify the allocation\nof responsibility. 
LOCATION:seminar room 1\, Laundress Lane
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