Climate change is among the most pressing of contemporary global concerns, not only for the sake of ensuring the safety and wellbeing of future generations, but also because of its tangible and destructive effects on present-day (human and non-human) communities. So pervasive are its effects that activist and author Naomi Klein has called climate change the world’s « meta-issue, » in that environmental degradation renders vulnerable every living being on Earth. In light of current global disasters- from droughts to wars for resources, from floods to marine pollution, it has become increasingly clear that these complex challenges must be tackled as an urgent and united social effort.
