User:Rithwiks/Climate debt

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 * The concept of climate debt
 * Developed countries contribute largely to climate change
 * Excessive historical emission of developed countries
 * Climate debt as part of ecological debt
 * Summary of the article

History

 * The first appearance of the term “climate debt” in the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference (Bolivia’s submission)
 * The People’s Agreement reached at World People’s Conference on Climate Change in 2010

Adaptation Debt

 * Explanation and overview of adaptation debt
 * Overview of the debate on
 * Who should pay adaptation debt
 * Who should receive adaptation debt
 * What are the ways to “pay” the adaptation debt

Emission Debt

 * Explanation and overview of adaptation debt

Political Discourse

 * Provide an overview of the landscape of the political discourse

Interpretations

 * List and describe common interpretations of the idea of climate debt

Support

 * Describe the reasons that certain parties support climate debt
 * Acknowledge the parties themselves and their motives

Opposition

 * Parallel the support section

Controversies

 * Describe any major controversies that have occurred in the public sphere around the idea of climate debt