Generous sustainability

Reyer Gerlagh

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.02.012

Generous sustainability

Reyer Gerlagh^*

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Abstract

I define "generous sustainability" as a combination of two conditions: neither instantaneous maximin utility nor attainable maximin utility should decrease over time. I provide a formal definition and study applications to a Climate Economy with bounded and with unbounded growth. Generosity is shown to require that GHG emissions are limited to levels that do not cause irreversible system damages if some group of people systematically value these systems.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	94-100
Journal	Ecological Economics
Volume	136
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.02.012
Publication status	Published - Jun 2017

Keywords

Sustainability
Sustainable development
Intergenerational distribution
Growth
Climate

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