Academia and Its Disconnects

Recently, in a journal with the rather startling name of Green Theory & Praxis: The Journal of Ecopedagogy, we found An Interview with Julian Agyeman: Just Sustainability and Ecopedagogy.  It’s notable because, while it correctly notes that GDRs “take climate protection seriously, while recognizing and supporting the need for human development,” it groups GDRs under the heading of “per capita based resource allocations strategies.”  Which is odd, given that GDRs is explicitly a principle-based alternative to per-capita approaches.

How explicitly?  Consider the title of the GDRs chapter in Climate Ethics: Essential Readings, forthcoming from Oxford University Press.  It’s “Greenhouse Development Rights: A Framework for Climate Protection that is ‘More Fair’ than Equal per Capita Emissions Rights.”