Climate justice is an important framework to address the disproportionate risks of sea-level rise, flooding and pollution to ensure a just and healthy society.
Since the contribution to climate change by the afflicted communities is relatively low, their suffering raises ethical and moral considerations.
Incorporating justice question in the climate crisis will help create a better future for generations to come and equip the society better to handle environmental risks including pandemics and climate change, write the authors of this commentary.
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Responses to global emergencies like climate change and pandemics must have justice at their core because the poor and powerless suffer more than the privileged and entitled. The responses towards the COVID-19 pandemic help us rethink the old normal, imagine the new normal and address possibilities and scenarios from a vulnerability and just