ABSTRACT
In the conclusion I sum up the main points in each chapter of the book on how to find a new way of thinking about moral responsibility for climate change that is not too demanding but still ambitious. I conclude that if we believe that climate change is morally wrong and that something ought to be done about it, the best option is not to push for ambitious mitigation policies that do not fit the current institutional capacity of our current systems of government, as was the case with the Kyoto Protocol. Instead, we need to take a step back and reconstruct the institutional capacity of all relevant political levels. We need to increase the opportunities of direct democratic influence on policies conducted by international organisations, such as the WTO, and national and regional governmental bodies, such as national parliaments and the European Union. Our goal should be to enhance the transparency of climate change decision making and improve free access for all to relevant knowledge about the issue, that is, free access to education, science, and public media.
