Description: A Pragmatic View
Climate: A Moral Equivalent to War
It is hard to have a “War” when there is no obvious enemy. At the same time, climate change is an emergency and threat on the scale of a war. Because of this, some have called for a war on climate change. [1] While others have pointed out the vast differences between a traditional war and the diverse and dispersed causes of climate change. [2]
For obvious reasons, the debate and call for war focuses on World War II. The scale of this conflict makes it the closest equivalent to the climate emergency we face today. It spanned the globe. Nearly everyone was affected. And most importantly, it evokes a clear moral line between good and bad.