ABSTRACT
In Chapter 1 we examine the core justice challenges in the climate context, which will continue to be central to the global climate regime’s attempt to meet the objectives of the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement. This includes debates about uneven historical emissions, unevenly distributed climate harms, and the way that both of these issues intersect with pre-existing and profound inequalities globally. We introduce transitional justice theory and practice, and explore the conceptual basis for applying transitional justice insights in the climate context. What are the structural similarities between these two arenas, and where are the limitations of this exercise in analogous thinking?
