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Youth climate movement puts ethics at the center of the global debate

  • Written by Marion Hourdequin, Professor of Philosophy, Colorado College
Young environmentalists are putting the ethical dimensions of climate change at the center of a global debate that has historically focused on politics, efficiency and cost-benefits analysis.AP Photo/Kin Cheung

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