Towards the ethics of a green future: the theory and practice of human rights for future people

What are our obligations towards future generations who stand to be harmed by the impact of todays environmental crises? This book explores ecological sustainability as a human rights issue and examines what our long-term responsibilities might be.This interdisciplinary collection of chapters provides a basis for understanding the debates surrounding the provision of sustainability for future generations from a diverse range of theoretical standpoints. Covering a broad range of perspectives such as risks and uncertainty, legal implementation, representation, motivation and economics, Towards the Ethics of a Green Future sets out the key questions involved in this complex ethical issue. The contributors bring theoretical discussions to life through the use of case studies and real-world examples. The book also includes clear and tangible recommendations for policymakers on how to put the suggestions proposed within the book into practice.This book will be of great interest to all researchers and students concerned with issues of sustainability and human rights, as well as scholars of environmental politics, law and ethics more generally.

Why "rights" of future people? /; Risk and rights : how do deal with risks from a rights-based perspective /; Looking to the future : finding suitable models and scenarios /; Pathways for future generations in existing legal human rights provisions /; Political representation of future generations /; Intergenerational justice in the context of developing countries /; Climate economics and future generations /; Motivational aspects of a politics of sustainability /; Governance towards a green future /; Ethics of a green future : a research agenda / / Marcus Düwell and Gerhard Bos --; Lukas Meyer, Fabian Schuppert, Harald Stelzer and Adriana Placani --; Joachim H. Spangenberg --; Elina Pirjatanniemi --; Danielle Zwarthoed --; Adrian-Paul Iliescu, Ileana Dascalu, Thierry Ngosso and Naomi van Steenbergen --; Klaus Steigleder --; Dieter Birnbacher --; May Thorseth and Fabian Schuppert --; Marcus Düwell and Karsten Klint Jensen.