Opinion | Climate change: the moral vacuum at the heart of humanity’s biggest crisis
- The climate crisis is a moral crisis in which religion has played a significant, if seldom discussed, role
- Historically, the church gave its moral blessing to colonisation and slavery. In a world shaped by such forces of globalisation, we no longer know how to live with nature
What can we, individually and collectively, do? Many animals, including humans, cannot survive prolonged exposure to extreme heat and humidity.
And, like the pandemic, the twin effects of climate warming and biodiversity loss are hurting the bottom half of society most. Indeed, indigenous people who live closest to nature and comprise around 5 per cent of the world’s population, are likely to face a loss of culture, life and habitat because all their water, food and livelihoods will be devastated.
In essence, we are in an existential situation whereby nature is being destroyed by excessive human consumption, which creates pollution and carbon emissions, but all this is being made possible by bankers and businesses that seem to care more about profits than the human condition.
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