Climate Justice

In Climate Justice, legal scholar Cass Sunstein challenges conventional thinking on climate change ethics, emphasizing that climate-related harms should be treated like any other injury, where those responsible must compensate for the damage they inflict. He argues that wealthy nations, having reaped the benefits of greenhouse gas emissions, have a moral obligation to assist vulnerable populations and future generations. Through the lens of corrective and distributive justice, Sunstein explores how tools like artificial intelligence can help mitigate these harms and underscores the significance of the “social cost of carbon” in shaping global climate policies.