ABSTRACT
Africa has, for centuries, been exploited and looted, and hence an extra amount of intellectual, political, and solidaristic care is required when considering climate justice here (Bond 2006). Exemplifying carelessness is Larry Summers, who in December 1991 as World Bank chief economist, wrote (or at least signed a memo written by Lant Pritchett) in defense of trading pollution, "the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste on the lowestwage country is impeccable and we should face up to that ... African countries are vastly underpolluted [original emphasis]."? The quote assists us in assessing debates about carbon trading, as noted below.
