Published: 2024-12-31

The Conflict Surrounding Environmental Issues – A Dynamisation of Human Subjectivity or a Prelude to Inevitable Doom. The Perspective of Global Responsibility Ethics

Helena Ciążela
Studia Philosophiae Christianae
Section: Papers
https://doi.org/10.21697/spch.2024.60.A.20

Abstract

The IPCC report series, published since 2018, has intensified its assessments of the reality of the climate catastrophe threatening the Earth caused by the excessive exploitation of fossil fuel resources. It has introduced a new element to the climate debate and policy arena. As a result of this change, the European Parliament has implemented broad legal regulations, the so-called Green Deal, aimed at preventing the catastrophe. These regulations have ignited a series of tensions and conflicts. This article attempts to analyse the repercussions of these conflicts on further efforts to combat global warming – a threat of climate catastrophe. The analysis of the course and potential consequences of such conflicts enables us to conclude that they play a destructive role in the further development of events. They lead to an increase in the defence of threatened interests and, consequently, the perpetuation of existing divisions. The war in Ukraine, causing an increase in maintenance costs in EU countries, has become a reinforcing factor for negative tendencies. The mounting costs associated with both the Green Deal and the war have led to a rise in aversion to environmental policy. Its coercive nature raises questions about its effectiveness and efficiency. This article focuses on and examines the consequences of this state of affairs.

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Received: 30/04/2024. Reviewed: 27/06/2024. Accepted: 29/07/2024.

Keywords:

ethics of global responsibility, climate catastrophe, Green Deal, climate denialism, “The Last Generation”

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Ciążela, H. (2024). The Conflict Surrounding Environmental Issues – A Dynamisation of Human Subjectivity or a Prelude to Inevitable Doom. The Perspective of Global Responsibility Ethics. Studia Philosophiae Christianae, 60(2), 255–275. https://doi.org/10.21697/spch.2024.60.A.20

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