The moral-ethical dilemma of climate crisis: Will the west own responsibility

Abstract

What generally we know as natural hazards floods, droughts, and heat waves are not solely the products of nature's wrath against humans. These situations have an enormous impact on society because of inherent vulnerability. A neutral evaluation of this context is required by the people, societies, nation states and the ecosystems (physical and academic); turning a blind eye to it puts it at risk of harm to all. The shallow efforts and mere talk about helping poor nations transition to greener energy, the narrative being built around climate change, is purely an attempt to deflect from the fact that the global western powerhouses have continued to contribute the most to the climate crisis.