John enters into discussion with Joel Kotkin about the complexities of environmental policy and decision making in light of climate change. Joel Kotkin is the Roger Hobbes Presidential Fellow in Urban Studies at Chapman University and the author of ‘The Coming of Neo-Feudalism’. He is described by the New York …
Read More »Climate, Cash and Conscience: Why the Ethics of Climate Change Is Complicated – Alistair Donald
A consensus has emerged that the only ethical response to today’s widespread concern about the effects of climate change is for the world to move to net zero emissions of CO2 as quickly as possible, and for developed countries to make huge cash transfers to developing countries. Yet in the …
Read More »Intergenerational Responsibility and Environmental Ethics in times of COVID-19 Pandemic
In this video, Chiagozie Udeh, Chairperson of the Global Executive Board Plant¬-for-¬the-Planet Initiative (Nigeria), reminds us on the timely and urgent need to take Climate Action to protect the future generations, in order to build back better after the COVID-19 pandemic. As the world is responding to the global health …
Read More »Environmental Ethics in times of COVID-19 pandemic
In this video, Prof. Johan Hattingh (South Africa), Chair of the UNESCO Expert Group on the Ethics of Climate Change, is highlighting the linkages between new pathogens and the destruction of ecosystems and biodiversity. As the world is responding to the global health crisis in relation to COVID-19, many concerns …
Read More »Buddhist Ethics meet the Climate Emergency – Lokabandhu
Lokabandhu explores how Buddhist ethics must evolve to meet today’s environmental crisis. A short talk given at the Dharma Parlour, Buddhafield Festival 2019. source Y Not Freakin’ Recyclable Home
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