The aim of this blog post is to reflect philosophically on questions of our individual moral obligations in the face of climate change. In doing so, we will also respond to two objections which claim we have no obligation at all. That is, my goal as a philosopher is to replace the ‘seeming’ obviousness of our obligations with something more philosophically robust.
Professor Vivienne Wild reflects on the impact which studying the far-reaches of space has on our own world. What is the climate-cost of our interest in our Universe?