Climate Change and Political Theory

Climate change is an ethical failure. Floods, fires, droughts, and extreme weather caused by climate change are already killing people and ruining lives on a massive scale. These avoidable impacts hurt the most vulnerable among us first, and worst. Why have we failed to prevent climate change? How can we mobilise to do better politically, socially, and economically? Where does the greatest responsibility for action lie?

In this book, Catriona McKinnon unravels the vital contributions made by engaged political theory to urgent climate challenges left unmet by a lack of political will. These challenges, and our political inertia, cannot be tackled without addressing questions of responsibility, collective duty, fairness, harm, techno-optimism, the value of nature, and the future of humanity. McKinnon's philosophical analysis is interwoven with discussion of the latest climate science, current politics and policies, and emerging technologies, in order to show that we will not find acceptable routes out of the climate crisis without the compass of political theory.

Climate Change and Political Theory provides readers of all backgrounds and levels with a lucid distillation of, and curated guide to, the political theory and ethics of climate change.

Author: Catriona McKinnon
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 11/21/2022
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.79d
ISBN13: 9781509521661
ISBN10: 1509521666
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Political
- Science | Environmental Science (see also Chemistry | Environmental)

About the Author
Catriona McKinnon is Professor of Political Theory at the University of Exeter.