AAP 2026 CONFERENCE

In this presentation I critically examine some of the moral implications of delaying aggressive climate mitigation in favour of future reliance on carbon dioxide removal technologies to meet internationally agreed climate goals by the end of the century. I argue that delaying emissions reductions violates basic human rights among members of the current generation, including the right to life, health, and subsistence. This adds to a growing list of reasons to favour responses to climate change that include immediate, deep, and rapid emissions reductions over responses that do not.