Workshop: The Ethics of Climate Loss and Damage

The University of Fribourg Environmental Sciences and Humanities Institute (UniFR_ESH Institute) is happy to announce its workshop “The Ethics of Climate Loss and Damage”. The event takes place at the Campus Pérolles on the 15th-16th of May 2023.

The climate crisis manifests with rising temperatures, melting glaciers, changing precipitation patterns, and increased probability of extreme weather events. Vulnerable communities are particularly affected by these changes and are unable to continue their traditional ways of life. While the focus of public debate continues to be on preventing negative impacts of climate change (mitigation), it is becoming increasingly apparent that some adverse impacts of climate change cannot or will not be prevented – climate loss and damage is occurring or has already occurred.

Dealing with these losses and damages raises important ethical questions: Who should pay for the harm suffered? Who should be compensated and how much? What constitutes adequate compensation for lost ways of life? What are fair and appropriate measures for dealing with future harm? Who decides about all that? Answers to such questions require ethical concepts and principles. The aim of the workshop is to discuss and develop them in critical ethical and philosophical exchange.

 

Organizers

Simon Kräuchi, University of Fribourg

Ivo Wallimann-Helmer, University of Fribourg

 

Contact

In case of questions, please email to simon.kraeuchi@unifr.ch

Registration open until 10.05.2023 - see below

Programm

  • Day 1

    11:00-11:15

    Welcome

    11:15-12:30

    Christoph Lumer: Responsibilities, compensation, and aid for climate damages  

    12:30-13:45

    Lunch

    13:45-15:00

    Jan-Christoph Heilinger: Compensating for Loss and Damage, and Addressing Structural Injustice in the Climate Crisis

    15:00-15:20

    Break

    15:20-16:35

    Kian Mintz-Woo and Ivo Wallimann-Helmer: The Janus Faces of Responsibility for Climate Loss & Damage

    16:35-16:45

    Break

    16:45-17:30

    Simon Kräuchi: Beyond Adaptation, Some Ethical Issues Concerning the Allocation of Loss and Damage Funds

    17:30-19:30

    Break

    19:30

    Conference Dinner
  • Day 2

    09:15-10:30

    Alexander Schulan and Ivo Wallimann-Helmer: Social

    Equality in Complex Networks of Climate Adaptation

    Responsibilities

    10:30-10:45

    Break

    10:45 -11:45

    Laurène Seca: New financing arrangements for Loss and Damage: using insurance as a political technology

    11.45-12:45

    Lunch

    12:45-14:00

    Santiago Truccone: Legitimate expectations and changing circumstances

    14:00-14.15

    Break

    14:15-14.45

    Roundtable Discussion

Note: The program was updated 24.03.2023