The right to development in a climate constrained world: The Greenhouse Development Rights framework

Abstract

The climate crisis does not come to us alone, but rather amidst worsening social and economic turbulence. Some of this turbulence – the “financial crisis” in particular – is sharp and episodic. But, always, there is the crisis of inequality and poverty – the ongoing development crisis. Given this, any even potentially viable global climate accord must address the crisis of poverty and development. In particular, it must acknowledge and explicitly preserve a right to development or, more precisely, a right to sustainable human development. The bottom line in this very complicated tale is that the South is neither willing nor able to prioritize emissions reductions above the social and economic advancement of its people. And that, therefore, the key to climate protection is the establishment of an international effort-sharing regime in which it is not required to do so.

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