ABSTRACT
Measures for reducing climate change require balancing the rights of current and future people. As Klaus Steigleder argues, on the one hand, such measures are needed in order to prevent the violation of future people's fundamental rights. On the other hand, these measures can also undermine poor countries’ right to development. This chapter argues that negative emissions technologies (NETs) could help achieve a more just balance between the rights of the current poor and future generations. Even though there are various complications and objections regarding the use of NETs – such as issues of scale and moral hazard – this chapter shows that NETs ought to be considered as a valuable option, alongside other climate change reduction measures, for mitigating climate change at least inasmuch as they can help to preserve a balance of present and future rights.
