We All Are Guests on Earth A Global Christian Vision for Climate Justice

includes index and biblioraphy

WELCOME AS GUESTS ON EARTH! Eco-Theology, Eco-Spirituality, and Eco-Ethics Major Concepts for Man`s Role on Earth .....................3 Welcome as Guests on Earth .........................................4 Eco-Theology.......................................................9 Eco-Anthropology.............................................. 10 Eco-Spirituality.................................................. 11 co-Ethics.......................................................... 11 From Shareholder to `Careholder`............................... 12 Caring for the Five Protecting `Skins` ........................ 18 Procedural Justice ..............................................32 Functional Justice...............................................33 Punitive Justice ................................................33 Transitional Justice ..........................................33 Restorative Justice............................................33 Transformative Justice.....................................34 On Time Justice ...............................................34 Some Ethical Guidelines for Climate Justice ..............35 Volume of Resources......................................... 36 Prevention ..........................................................36 Mitigation...........................................................37 Adaptation..........................................................37 Interlinked Instruments ......................................37 The Polluters-Pay-Principle...............................38 The Capability-to-Contribute-Principle.............38 Responsibility and Capability Index..................39 Positive and Negative Sanctions........................39 Efficiency and Transparency ...........................40 Market-Related Instruments.............................40 Care for the Weakest........................................42 Institutionalized Solidarity...............................43 Urgent Legislation............................................43 Threats or Opportunities? ............................................44 IS IT TOO LATE OR IS THERE HOPE? God`s Offer and Promise of Alliance..........................47 Good Management of Entrusted Resources ................52 CONTEXTUAL AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS Interreligious Perspectives Interreligious Perspectives of Caring for the Earth ..... 19 Global and Contextual Perspectives............................22 CLIMATE JUSTICE Painful Ethical Questions ............................................27 From Climate Change to Climate Justice....................29 Basic Value: Justice.....................................................29 Capability-Related Justice..................................30 Performance-Related Justice..............................30 Needs-Related Justice ........................................31 Distributive Justice.............................................31 Justice as Equal Treatment.................................31 Intergenerational Justice ....................................32 Participatory Justice...........................................32