Climate Expert: We’re Talking About Global Warming ‘in the Wrong Way’

Climate expert: We’re talking about global warming ‘in the wrong way’

Extreme weather is the way in which most people experience climate change and it hits the most vulnerable hardest, Friederike Otto said.

Climate change is not just an environmental crisis: it also exacerbates existing social, economic and cultural inequalities.It is there that the notion of climate justice is at stake, which recognizes that the effects of climate change do not affect everyone in the same way.The most vulnerable populations are often the least responsible for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but it is they who suffer the most severely.Some communities have less res…