6.2.15 (HL)—Climate justice

Responsibility measures contribution to causes; vulnerability measures exposure and capacity to cope. They are related policy questions, not the same variable.

Compare historical or per-capita emissions, current emissions and consumption footprints with exposure, income, infrastructure, health and adaptation options. State metric and timescale.

A country may have low historical emissions but high flood exposure and limited finance, while a wealthy high-emitter has more adaptation capacity.

No. Vulnerability depends on exposure and capacity; responsibility needs its own emissions evidence.

Do not collapse justice into a single ranking; separate causal contribution, present need and ability to respond.