First, do no harm? an overview and ethical evaluation of South Africa’s climate change mitigation commitments in light of the Paris Agreement

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dc.contributor.authorSteenkamp, Lee-Annen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorNaudé, Piet, 1956-en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-29T12:51:59Z
dc.date.available2020-01-29T12:51:59Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionCITATION: Steenkamp, L. A. & Naude, P. 2018. First, do no harm? an overview and ethical evaluation of South Africa’s climate change mitigation commitments in light of the Paris Agreement. African Journal of Business Ethics, 12(2):70‑84, doi:10.15249/12-2-179.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://ajobe.journals.ac.za
dc.description.abstractSouth Africa ratified the Paris Agreement in 2016 and thereby committed to reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) concentration levels as part of its self-determined goals in its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). This article viewed the targets in the NDC through an ethical lens. It was demonstrated that the commitment below the ‘business-asusual’ (BAU) level allowed for large increases in South Africa’s emissions without explaining how these were consistent with a specific understanding of what equity required. Also, the NDC targets were found to be highly insufficient. Consequently, South Africa’s climate change mitigation commitments were deemed inconsistent with the ethical ‘no-harm’ principle.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://ajobe.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/179
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent15 pages
dc.identifier.citationSteenkamp, L. A. & Naude, P. 2018. First, do no harm? an overview and ethical evaluation of South Africa’s climate change mitigation commitments in light of the Paris Agreement. African Journal of Business Ethics, 12(2):70‑84, doi:10.15249/12-2-179
dc.identifier.issn0976-3600 (online)
dc.identifier.issn1817-7417 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.15249/12-2-179
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/107395
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherMedknow Publications
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyright
dc.subjectClimate change mitigation -- South Africa -- Moral and ethical aspectsen_ZA
dc.subjectUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992 May 9). Protocols, etc. (2015 December 12)en_ZA
dc.subjectParis Agreementen_ZA
dc.titleFirst, do no harm? an overview and ethical evaluation of South Africa’s climate change mitigation commitments in light of the Paris Agreementen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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