Ekardt, Felix2019-09-252019-09-252009-11-0420091940-1485http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/173723The paper offers a basic structure for a future transnational climate policy beyond the Kyoto Protocol (“Copenhagen Protocol”), but also assesses the possibilities for a strongly extended pioneering role of the European Union – secured by complementary border adjustments – in the context of the ongoing national and global climate policy debate, but in contrast to the usually discussed approaches. In addition, the two most-discussed obstacles to an effective climate policy are examined in detail: (national or global) social distributive justice and competitiveness. Moreover, the paper gives a normative justification for the global formula “one human – one emission right”, and outlines possible enforcing instruments for its global and national implementation. Keywords: social climate policy, eco-tax, emission right, emission trading, Kyoto, global justice, climate justice.engWith permission of the license/copyright holderclimate ethicssocial policy emissionsjusticeglobal ethicsEnvironmental ethicsArticle