The dust may have settled quickly in the US on President Trump’s decision on the Paris Agreement on Climate Change as American citizens now have James Comey’s testimony to deal with. Lifting the issue of climate change to a moral status gives the Indian government much greater autonomy to make crucial decisions concerning this unparalleled task of transforming the economy and society. But we still have very little by way of institutional procedures or mechanisms to ensure that decisions taken in the name of climate change mitigation are just and ethical ones. Climate change is a problem for both production and distribution. All democratic governments that have committed to fighting climate change have their civil society firmly beside them.

Source: dna June 13, 2017 02:37 UTC