Building the World We Want in an Era of Climate Anxiety

Authors

Rebecca Bratspies, CUNY

Abstract

"It is 'unequivocal' that human activity is driving climate change.2 For clarity, unequivocal means 'leaving no doubt: clear, unambiguous[.]'3 The mean global temperature is already more than 1.1ºC above pre-industrial levels.4 And the trajectory is heading in the wrong direction. Keeping temperature increases below 1.5ºC, the level generally agreed on as essential for preventing the worst climate catastrophes,5 seems increasingly out of reach.6 Moreover, even at current levels of warming, the global climate appears to have gone completely off the rails. Widespread, rapid changes ranging from extreme temperatures,7 violent storms,8 accelerating ice melt,9 and expanding wildfire zones10 have become commonplace."

Recommended Citation

Rebecca Bratspies, Building the World We Want in an Era of Climate Anxiety, 27 Chap. L. Rev. 1 (2023).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/chapman-law-review/vol27/iss1/1