A Climate of Risk

Offers an in-depth discussion of how and why we ought to take a precautionary approach to climate policy.

Lauren Hartzell-Nichols is an affiliate assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Washington. She has published widely on many topics in climate ethics, including precaution, adaptation, and geoengineering, both on her own and with diverse, interdisciplinary teams. Her work addresses the ethical challenges climate change poses. In particular, she addresses the complexity of ethical decision making in the face of significant, intergenerational risks.

Acknowledgements Credits Introduction Chapter 1: How Climate Change is Harmful Chapter 2: Making Sense of Precaution Chapter 3: A Precautionary Approach to Threats of Catastrophe Chapter 4: Precaution and the Economics of Climate Change Chapter 5: Responding to the Threat of Climate Catastrophe Appendix: Getting Around the Non-Identity Problem Index