The Ethics of Climate Change

"This was published in 2008 and gives us a philosopher’s viewpoint on climate change and the attendant responsibilities. The author argues that while we must be informed by the economic, social, scientific and political realities of climate change it is largely a moral problem: so that individual, state and multinational responses to climate change are a function of values. The book is a very good and, despite the challenging content, a very easy read. It is comprehensive in that Garvey initially outlines the science and likely impacts behind climate change and explains why the impacts will disproportionately affect the poor – those least responsible for the problem. It is ultimately a book about our choices and our responsibility, and as Garvey has said elsewhere, ‘We broke it. So we own it.’"