Hope in the Climate Crisis

The global climate crisis and other pressures on planetary ecology have become a major concern for humanity. Climate change threatens to trap hundreds of millions of people in dire poverty and widen the gap in an already deeply divided economy. However, a new generation of activists are offering inspiration in a seemingly hopeless situation. 

In his book Mobilizing Hope: Climate Change and Global Poverty, Darrel Moellendorf discusses climate change, global poverty, justice and the importance of political responses, both internationally and domestically, that offer hope. While there are reasons to worry that the era of pervasive human planetary impact, the Anthropocene, could produce terrible global injustices and massive environmental destruction, Moellendorf argues that that need not be the case. He contends that bringing about a world united in creating sustainable solutions to environmental crises that values the Earth's natural wonders and that actualises a vision of economic justice is the work of mobilising hope.

This discussion is organised within the context of the three events on Global Ethics byProf. Richard Bellamy, and in collaboration with the Centre for Fundamental Rights.