ABSTRACT
Let us briefl y review the argument thus far. As an answer to the third key question of climate ethics, we sought a principle of distribution that tells us what is due to whom and why, when it comes to distributing the advantages and disadvantages associated with climate change. We have discussed fi ve principles in all: Three of them were historically oriented, and two of them were plausible only for distributing adaptation and compensation costs. Each of the principles proposed very diff erent considerations. Table 16.1 summarizes the essential features of each the principles discussed (in their respective most plausible readings).
