The climate-gate controversy created by ethical improprieties of climate scientists at the University of East Anglia in England has created a crisis of confidence among Republicans and other political conservatives in the United States.

FORBES: The Self Corruption of Climate Science

Why is climate change an ethical problem and how could ethics be useful in addressing it?

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

The time is ripe to build on the work we did at our 7th Ordinary Session in Doha, Qatar last fall, where we formulated and adopted a Framework of Ethical Principles and Responsibilities on Climate Change Adaptation.

UNESCO: THEMES

Richardson: Climate change poses ethical problems because it threatens the enjoyment of basic human rights at a vast scale, because formulating and agreeing upon adequate solutions stretches the envelope of what international policymaking bodies can legitimately undertake, and because fairly allocating the burdens of implementing any solution poses thorny problems of justice.

UNESCO: World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)

Its members have been asked to reflect on and reinvent the construction of peace founded on justice, respect for human rights, gender equality and solidarity in the context of globalization, and the challenges its poses, such as climate change, management of resources and ethical and economic issues, to which we must respond by consistently using the strength and impact of dialogue.

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences