Environmental\n problems like climate change\, biodiversity loss\, overfishing\, or waste \ndisposal can have significantly negative impacts on human wellbeing. \nMuch research has been devoted to\n the problem-solving quality of environmental policy measures. Yet it is\n frequently disregarded that environmental politics can also have \nconsiderable (re)distributive effects on national and international \nlevels.
\nDomestically\,\n politics that are targeted exclusively at mitigating ecological \nproblems are likely to reinforce differences in wealth. For instance\, \ntransport politics that are limited to reducing\n private fuel consumption by raising gas petrol prices may particularly \nlower the mobility of poorer segments of the population. \nInternationally\, the distributive effects of environmental politics are \nparticularly pronounced in North-South relations. Most recent\n environmental agreements contain clauses on technology transfer and \nfinancial support. But it remains contested whether this suffices to \nbalance the unequal burdens that many agreements impose on developed and\n developing countries.
\nWe \ninvite papers which address the distributive effects of national or \ninternational environmental politics from any of the following three \nperspectives.
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Descriptive:\n In the first place\, we need to know more about the distributive \nconsequences of environmental politics. For instance: Who benefits most \nfrom international\n environmental treaties or national legislation? Who bears the costs?
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Analytical: We also look for explanations for the observed patterns. Key questions may be: How much influence do national economic \nstructures have on distributive inequalities? Internationally\, what \ninfluence does the problem structure have on distributive outcomes? What\n kinds of institutional arrangements can serve to mitigate\n socially undesirable effects of environmental politics?
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Evaluative:\n Here we ask for example: To what extent are national or international \npolicies consistent with norms of distributive justice? Do we observe \nconflicts\n between environmental (effectiveness) and social (fairness) goals? Do \nparticular policies fare better or worse in the light of one conception \nof justice than in the light of others?
\n\nPlease submit your proposals of maximum 300 words by December 20\, 2011 to both Ina Lehmann (ina.lehmann@iniis.uni-bremen.de)\n and André\; Schaffrin (schaffrin@wiso.uni-koeln.de). Please include in your abstract your institutional affiliation and email address.
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