International support of climate change policies in developing countries: Strategic, moral and fairness aspects

► Support of poor countries' climate policies serves distributive & allocative goals. ► Mitigation support tends to be Pareto-improving, adaptation support tends not to be. ► Existing international adaptation support schemes ineffectively pursue policy goals. ► More fairness may raise the prospects of success in international negotiations. ► Adaptation support can reduce unfairness perceived by developing countries.