Climate change is about more than melting ice caps and images of the Earth on fire, says Sean Valles, assistant professor in Michigan State University’s Lyman Briggs College and philosophy department.
He believes bioethicists could help reframe current conversation about climate change.
“When we talk about climate change, we can’t just be talking about money and jobs and polar bears,” he says. “Why do we focus on polar bears? Why not kids? Climate change isn’t just people hurting polar bears. It’s people hurting people.”
There are some important justice issues at stake because the most vulnerable populations will feel the effects of climate change first.
