The readings reflect important ongoing debates in the field of climate justice. The article by Moellendorf (2015) discusses different concerns of justice that arise due to climate change. The author explores how mitigation policies can reduce the exposure to climate change, adaptation policies can provide resources for protection against climate change and compensation policies can financially compensate people that have suffered due to climate change. The second reading by Palmer (2011) discusses climate justice regarding the nonhuman world, arguing that the ethical implications of climate change for nonhumans are very unclear and not entirely negative, as climate change will also produce entirely new organisms and benefit some species, ecosystems and individual organisms. Palmer contends that much more research is needed to assess the effects of climate change on the nonhuman world. Foerster (2019) examines two different avenues of private climate change litigation targeting corporations as tools to remedy climate injustices. The first avenue, Corporate Climate Liability Litigation, aims to hold companies legally accountable for their climate impacts and to oblige them to compensate the victims. The second avenue, Corporations Law Litigation, uses corporate law to push businesses towards climate action by requiring them to address financial risks linked to climate change. Finally, the essay by Gordon (2024) deals with climate justice in light of the recent criminalization of protest. The author contrasts what the state defines as “critical infrastructure” with the importance of strengthening “infrastructures of care” – forms of mutual aid, solidarity and collective care that sustain movements defending land, water and the environment.
Climate Justice: Basel in the World is a colloquium at the University of Basel, co-organized in the spring semester 2025 by students from the AG Nachhaltigkeit and Prof. Dr. Janina Grabs. It is supported through funding by Impuls.
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