ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an overview of normative inquiry into climate justice. It outlines various arguments put forth in light of principles of distributive justice, compensatory justice, justice as basic rights, egalitarian distribution of atmospheric shares, etc. It also accounts for arguments stemming from a global justice perspective and those that arise from a concern with intergenerational justice. The goal is to see if a theoretical centre around which principles and arguments that seemingly differ from one another may be grouped so as to bring to light their underlying theoretical commonalities. What characterises the normative debate over climate justice, across different perspectives, is a predilection for deploying the resources of moral theory to articulate duties of justice and their corresponding rights within a distinctively political space of international treaty negotiations. In spite of the advancements made in this domain of inquiry, the perspectives bear the unmistakable marks of a distinctive period in the history of the international effort on climate change. The chapter closes with a discussion of future directions for inquiry on climate justice.
