Climate science needs to talk more about ‘justice’ – here’s how philosophy can help

By Kian Mintz-Woo, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork

Climate scientists have all kinds of language to discuss their scientific theories. But when it comes to values and justice, scientific language is less helpful. This matters, because when scientists claim a climate policy or scenario is “just”, they sometimes can’t or don’t explain what they actually mean.

This leads to confusion. Consider by how much a given country should cut its emissions. If I say a plan is fair and you say it’s unfair, but we don’t have an explanation of what our underlying assumptions…

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