ABSTRACT
The capacity of individual and collective agents to act in ways that contribute to solving climate change is substantially affected by institutional frameworks. A focus on a generic individual is neither fair nor effective if we want to solve the immense environmental problems we are confronted with today. If the capacity of countries is affected by institutions, and institutions affect the capacity of individuals, the question is how responsibility should be conceptualised and shared between individual and collective agents. Responsibility is a complex concept and can refer to different things. This chapter discusses the extent to which individual and institutional agents are morally responsible for climate change from a conceptual and normative perspective.
