South Africa ratified the Paris Agreement in 2016 and thereby committed to reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) concentration levels as part of its self-determined goals in its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). This articleviewed the targets in the NDC through an ethical lens. It was demonstrated that the commitment below the ‘business-asusual’ (BAU) level allowed for large increases in South Africa’s emissions without explaining how these were consistent with a specific understanding of what equity required. Also, the NDCtargets were found to be highly insufficient. Consequently, South Africa’s climate change mitigation commitments were deemed inconsistent with the ethical ‘no-harm’ principle.

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根据《巴黎协定》，南非对减缓气候变化的做法有一些伦理考虑

南非于2016年批准了《巴黎协定》，从而致力于降低温室气体（GHG）的浓度水平，作为其国家自主贡献（NDC）中自决目标的一部分。本文从伦理角度审视了国家数据中心的目标。事实证明，低于“正常经营”（BAU）水平的承诺使南非的排放量大幅增加，而没有解释这些排放量与对所需公平性的具体理解如何一致。另外，发现NDC目标非常不足。因此，南非的减缓气候变化承诺被认为不符合道德上的“无害”原则。