Elizabeth Cripps

What Climate Justice Means And Why We Should Care (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

We owe it to our fellow humans - and other species - to save them from the catastrophic harm caused by climate change.

Philosopher Elizabeth Cripps approaches climate justice not just as an abstract idea but as something that should motivate us all. Using clear reasoning and poignant examples, starting from irrefutable science and uncontroversial moral rules, she explores our obligations to each other and to the non-human world, unravels the legacy of colonialism and entrenched racism, and makes the case for immediate action.

The second half of the book looks at solutions. Who should pay the bill for climate action? Who must have a say? How can we hold multinational companies, organisations - even nations - to account? Cripps argues powerfully that climate justice goes beyond political polarization. Climate activism is a moral duty, not a political choice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472991829
• Artikelnr.: 63308454

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Cripps is a senior lecturer at the University of Edinburgh and the author of Climate Change and the Moral Agent and What Climate Justice Means and Why We Should Care. A moral philosopher with a focus on climate ethics and justice, she has written for Scotland's The Herald and been interviewed on Radio 4. As a former journalist, she worked for the Financial Times group and freelanced for the Guardian.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter One: Basic Justice, Incontrovertible Science Chapter
Two: The Same Storm, But Not The Same Boat Chapter Three: Beyond Humans
Chapter Four: What Climate Justice Looks Like Chapter Five: The Least
Unjust Option Chapter Six: But What Can I Do? Conclusion: Key Points
Further Reading Bibliography Acknowledgements Index

Rezensionen

Insightful and timely…'climate justice' is essential if we are to deal with climate change. Compelling.