DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1472-5
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84940719750
论文题名: The climate responsibilities of industrial carbon producers
作者: Frumhoff P.C. ; Heede R. ; Oreskes N.
刊名: Climatic Change
ISSN: 0165-0009
EISSN: 1573-1480
出版年: 2015
卷: 132, 期: 2 起始页码: 157
结束页码: 171
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Environmental regulations
; Gas emissions
; Global warming
; Greenhouse gases
; Low temperature production
; Public risks
; Climate system
; Global temperatures
; Industrialized nations
; Industry trade associations
; Low carbon energies
; Reducing emissions
; Scientific evidence
; United nations framework convention on climate changes
; Climate change
; climate change
; emission control
; fossil fuel
; global change
; greenhouse gas
; industrial emission
; industrialization
; temperature
; United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
英文摘要: Responsibility for climate change lies at the heart of societal debate over actions to address it. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change established the principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities” among nations, suggesting that industrialized nations that had produced the greatest share of historic emissions bore particular responsibility for preventing dangerous interference with the climate system. But climate responsibilities can be attributed in other ways as well. Here, we explore the conceptual territory of responsibility. We consider the distinctive responsibilities of the major investor-owned producers of fossil fuels, assessing the actions these companies took and could have taken to act upon the scientific evidence of climate change. We conclude that major investor-owned fossil energy companies carry significant responsibility for climate change. It is still possible for these companies to effectively contribute to a solution. Significant progress in reducing emissions and limiting climate change could be achieved if companies 1) unequivocally communicate to the public, shareholders, and policymakers the climate risks resulting from continued use of their products, and therefore the need for restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the 2 °C global temperature target; 2) firmly reject contrary claims by industry trade associations and lobbying groups; and, 3) accelerate their transition to the production of low-carbon energy. Evidence from history strongly suggests that a heightened societal focus on their climate responsibilities will be needed to hasten such a transition. © 2015, The Author(s). Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/84541
Appears in Collections: 气候减缓与适应 气候变化事实与影响
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作者单位: Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA, United States; Climate Accountability Institute, Snowmass, CO, United States; Department of the History of Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States
Recommended Citation:
Frumhoff P.C.,Heede R.,Oreskes N.. The climate responsibilities of industrial carbon producers[J]. Climatic Change,2015-01-01,132(2)