Schübel (2023): Individuals’ responsibilities to remove carbon
Hanna Schübel IN: Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2023.2260241
In this paper, the author argues for two concepts of individual responsibility to capture the moral responsibility of individuals to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through CDR technologies. The first is that of liability, a direct responsibility to remove carbon in order to minimize one’s carbon footprint. The second is a shared political responsibility to remove carbon that individuals have by virtue of being part of weak collectives responsible for mitigating climate change or by virtue of participating in structures that contribute to climate change.