A5064312013- Political Philosophy and Ethics
- Climate Change and Geoengineering
- Free Will and Agency
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- War, Ethics, and Justification
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Genetically Modified Organisms Research
- Space exploration and regulation
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- COVID-19 impact on air quality
- Risk Perception and Management
- Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Peace and Human Rights Education
- Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Fiscal Policies and Political Economy
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
University of Warwick
2015-2024
Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
2022
University of Reading
2013
University of Exeter
2012
Resilience building has become a growing policy agenda, particularly for urban risk management. While much of the resilience agenda been shaped by policies and discourses from global North, its applicability cities South, African cities, not sufficiently assessed. Focusing on rights citizens as object to be made resilient, rather than physical ecological infrastructures, may help address many root causes that characterize unacceptable risks residents face daily basis. Linked this idea, we...
In the context of global environmental change much hope is placed in ability resilience thinking to help address environment-related risks. Numerous initiatives aim at incorporating into urban planning practices. The purpose this paper open up a conversation on by unpacking how diverse science methods contribute production different narratives mobilizing experts and forms evidence. A number scholars have cautioned against uncritical approaches asked what means for whom, also pointing out...
Abstract The normative concepts of equity and justice are rising narratives within global climate change discourse. Despite growing considerations the adaptation literature, extent to which research has worked empirically assess operationalize in practice remains unclear. We employ a systematic mapping approach examine how defined understood empirical research, extensively they being assessed literature. Structuring our work using conceptual focusing on distributional, recognition,...
Past influenza pandemics including the Spanish flu and H1N1 have disproportionately affected Indigenous Peoples. We conducted a systematic scoping review to provide an overview of state understanding experience peoples during first 18 months COVID-19 pandemic, in doing so we capture knowledge available governments decision makers for addressing needs these early pandemic. addressed three questions: (a) How is impacting health livelihoods peoples, (b) What system level challenges are...
Abstract Carbon offsetting can be loosely characterized as a mechanism by which an organization or individual contributes to scheme that is projected either remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere deliver emission reductions on part of other organizations individuals. An activity has been offset therefore purports make no long‐term net contribution atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. The ethical basis for using approach tackling climate change very much contested. We seek expose...
As experts predict that at least some irreversible climate change will occur with potentially disastrous effects on the lives and well-being of vulnerable communities around world, it is paramount to ensure these are resilient have adaptive capacity withstand consequences. Adaptation resilience planning present several ethical issues need be resolved if we achieve successful adaptation change. In this paper, six core discussions should an integral part planning: (i) Where does 'justice'...
Abstract Indigenous peoples are disproportionally vulnerable to climate change. At the same time, they possess valuable knowledge for fair and sustainable adaptation planning policymaking. Yet knowledges often excluded from or underrepresented within plans policies. In this paper we ask whether concept of epistemic injustice can be applied context underrepresentation policies strategies. recent years, has gained prominence, indicating that someone been unfairly discriminated against in their...
The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented disruption of food systems worldwide, with most governments taking severe containment measures to curb the spread. This resulted in unpredicted negative impacts agri-food supply chains coupled price inflations. Ultimately, this affected security and urban livelihoods for households, who are dependent on markets supply. study examined implications prices commodities supplies conducted through structured interviews. A review secondary data was also...
The COVID-19 pandemic and the climate change emergency are among greatest socioenvironmental crises of our time. These have exacerbated health inequalities,1Appleby J public finance cost COVID-19.BMJ. 2022; 376: o490Crossref PubMed Scopus (4) Google Scholar revealing substantial weaknesses in systems community preparedness.2Shroff ZC Marten R Vega Peters DH Patcharanarumol W Ghaffar A Time to reconceptualise systems.Lancet. 2021; 3972145Summary Full Text PDF (9) Indigenous peoples globally...
One of the normative aspects climate change that has received relatively little attention from philosophers is proposal states reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by issuing "personal carbon allowances" (PCAs)—also sometimes called "domestic tradable quotas" (DTQs), or "tradable energy (TEQs)1—to each citizens. According to this proposal, citizens would be required surrender PCAs in order engage various emitting activities. The number issued year decline, so as ensure a year-on-year...
This paper draws on climate justice principles developed in the context of international negotiations between national governments to assess distribution carbon reduction roles different actors involved residential energy use within UK. In so doing, it aims provide a new understanding equity aspects current policy and highlight opportunities for more effective equitable policy. The uses three criteria: rights corresponding duties; mitigation responsibilities capabilities. It applies them...
Indigenous peoples, who depend on their environment for livelihoods and are often subject to poverty socio-economic marginalization, some of the most vulnerable climate change. While rights peoples recognized internationally, these not translated into adaptation responses. Using insights from theories environmental justice in case Uganda's Batwa community, we assess how justice-related factors impact adaptive capacities whether incorporated design implementation Our findings reveal a...
Food and nutrition insecurity continue to risk the lives wellbeing of millions people throughout world today. Further, food are still major challenges in Kenya have triggered adoption a number modern biotechnologies for agricultural transformation. Consequently, many technologies been approved secure sustainable access people. This study investigated perceptions implementation two addressing Kenya, namely, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) use antibiotics livestock production. In...
Abstract The spread of COVID-19 in Peru resulted the declaration a national health emergency, which Indigenous peoples were identified as being particularly vulnerable due to their pre-existing poor indicators and disadvantaged social conditions. aim this paper is examine how Peruvian government responded food needs Shawi Ashaninka during first 18 months pandemic (March 2020–August 2021). This study uses both official policy documents real-world experiences evaluate responses terms immediate...
Nozick is often interpreted as arguing that independents are entitled to protection by the Dominant Protective Agency (DPA) because DPA infringes their right punish those who violate rights.Yet a closer look at Anarchy, State and Utopia reveals actually rejects very argument which commonly attributed him, he does so for good reason.However, I argue Nozick's replacement principle of compensation disadvantage, meant ground his real independents' entitlement DPA, ought be unacceptable...
Abstract Extreme impacts from climate change are already being felt around the world. The policy choices that we make now will affect not only how high global temperatures rise but also well-equipped future economies and infrastructures to cope with these changes. interests of generations must therefore be central practice. This raises questions: Who should represent respect change? And according which criteria judge whether a particular candidate would an appropriate representative for...
How can democracies promote full consideration of all relevant interests in political decision-making? Is there a role for empathy, especially where are obstacles to direct inclusion groups, as example the case future generations and citizens other countries? Critics existing uses empathy theory press that limits our capacity empathise lead bias partiality. I argue instead more nuanced ‘holistic’ approach use into democratic design. The recommends, first, we be sensitive potential...
Luck egalitarians claim that disadvantage is worse when it emerges from an unchosen risk than a chosen risk. I argue also the disadvantaged agent would have declined to take, had he or she been able do so, not take. Such view significant because allows both luck and prioritarians respond Voorhoeve Fleurbaey's charge they fail accommodate intuitions about moral relevance of interpersonal boundaries – so-called separateness persons objection. plausible independently its ability answer...
There is a rapidly developing literature on risks that threaten the whole of humanity, or large part it. Discussion increasingly turning to how such can be governed. This paper arises from study those involved governance emerging technologies, examining perceptions global catastrophic risk within relevant policymaking community. Those who took were either civil servants working for UK government, U.S. Congress, United Nations, and European Commission, cognate members society groups private...
Abstract Consent's capacity to legitimise actions and claims is limited by conditions such as coercion, which render consent ineffective. A better understanding of the limits consent's can shed light on a variety applied debates, in political philosophy, bioethics, economics law. I show that traditional paternalist explanations for cannot explain central intuition often rendered ineffective when brought about rights violation or threatened violation. argue this an expression same principles...
Choice-based conceptions of substantive responsibility face a number powerful counterexamples.In order to avoid some these counterexamples, it is widely claimed that agents are substantively responsible for disadvantage arising from their choices only when the option set which they chose satisfied reasonability criterion.I examine three possible justifications criterion: an agent-responsibility-based motivation, voluntariness-based and what I call 'denied-claim'-based motivation.In each...