Climate Liberalism: Perspectives on Liberty, Property and Pollution

Climate Liberalism explores the potential of classical-liberal approaches to pollution control and climate change, highlighting successful strategies like catch-shares and tradable emission permits. It seeks to bridge the gap in academic literature by examining the role of property rights, decentralized authority, and dynamic markets in climate-change policies.

Format: Hardback
Length: 373 pages
Publication date: 01 February 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

Climate Liberalism delves into the exploration of the potential and boundaries of classical-liberal approaches to pollution control and climate change. Several effective environmental strategies, such as the implementation of catch-shares for fisheries, instream water rights, and tradable emission permits, have drawn substantial inspiration from the classical liberal intellectual tradition, which emphasizes property rights and competitive markets. However, this intellectual tradition has yet to prove particularly helpful in the development or design of climate change policies.

Climate Liberalism seeks to address this gap in the academic literature by providing a comprehensive examination of how classical-liberal principles can inform the discussion surrounding climate-change policies. The contributors to this book approach the topic from diverse perspectives and represent various academic disciplines. Chapters in the book explore the role of property rights and common-law legal systems in regulating pollution, the extent to which competitive markets supported by legal rules foster risk minimization and adaptation, and the identification of policy interventions that can effectively address climate change while aligning with liberal values.

By examining the interplay between classical-liberal principles and climate change policies, Climate Liberalism offers valuable insights into the development of more effective and sustainable solutions to address the challenges posed by global climate change.

Weight: 632g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031211072
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023