What Climate Justice Means and Why We Should Care

By Elizabeth Cripps

Book Overview

Climate change is happening. It's uprooting communities and cutting short lives. And it will only get worse. We owe it to our fellow humans to save them from escalating floods and wildfires, cyclones and spreading disease. We owe them climate justice. In this passionate and pragmatic book, philosopher Elizabeth Cripps approaches climate justice not just as an abstract idea but as a critical goal that should motivate us all. Using clear reasoning and poignant examples, based on irrefutable science and uncontroversial moral concepts, she explores our obligations to each other, to future generations, and to the non-human world. This book rejects all the common excuses for inaction, unravels the legacy of colonialism and racism, and makes the case for change now. It provides a blueprint for what climate justice would look like, dissects the Paris Agreement on climate change to show how far politicians have fallen short, and asks where we go from here. As Cripps shows, climate justice transcends political affiliation and individual belief, making climate activism a moral obligation for us all. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472991818
• ISBN13: 9781472991812
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Continuum
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"