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516 M.vandenHombergandC.McQuistan climate justice inglobalagreementsandapplies it toacasestudyonEWS.Thecase studydemonstratesfarfromequitableaccesstoearlywarningandearlyactioninfor- mation,aswellasuntappedtechnologyandinnovationpotential.Section22.6shows howthe frameworkcanbeused toguideaction.Weidentifywindowsofopportuni- ties to include technology for climate justicemore strongly into thecrossover from adaptation toL&Dintheclimateagreement,butalso tomakesure there isa linkage to theotherkeyglobal agreements. 22.2 Technology forClimateJustice Climate justice isanumbrella termbringing togetherdistributiveandcompensatory (see chapters byWallimann-Helmer et al. 2018; Schinko et al. 2018), retributive, transitional1 (KlinskyandBrankovic2018)andprocedural justice(Tomlinson2015; Walker 2009) perspectives. Climate justice has spatial and temporal dimensions. As an example, distributive justice is based on an inter-generational or an intra- generationalperspective, andcompensatory justiceona retrospectiveone.Weindi- catehowdifferentjusticedimensionscouldinfluencethemeansofimplementationof theParisAgreement throughbackward-, forward-andbothbackward-andforward- lookingactionsinFig.22.2.Mitigationandadaptationareoftendiscussedunderone andthesameheadingofclimatejustice,whereastherearecleardistinctionsbetween what climate justicemeans in terms of duties for these twopillars (see chapter by Wallimann-Helmer et al. 2018).Climate justice aims to address inequalities and is hence key for the L&D debate.We focus on the role that technology could play indelivering climate justice.Technologyand innovation are important enablers for climate actions. In addition, technologycanbe seenas away toovercomepolitical sensitivities. For example, a technological innovation processmakes use of equi- tableprocedures thatengageall stakeholders inanon-discriminatoryway,a formof procedural justice (Walker2009). Disasterriskreduction(DRR),climatechangeadaptation(CCA)andL&Dstrate- giescanminimisecurrentandfuturelossesanddamagesbyprotectingpeople,prop- ertiesandecosystemsagainst climate-relatedstressors forfloodrisk (seebox22.1). Even though these strategies comprise a plethora of different hard and soft risk managementmeasures, technologyplaysacrucial role. Inadequateor inappropriate technology reduces the range of available options aswell as their effectiveness in reducing or avoiding risk from increasing rates or magnitudes of climate change (IPCC2014). In terms of climate justice, access to technology and its benefits are not fairly shared. 1Away to recognise and at least partially remedy past injustices while also building a sense of cooperation. It helps to overcome tension about the ideal relationship between responsibility for past and futureactionandavoids the liabilitydebate (Walker2009;KlinskyandBrankovic2018).