As the world struggles for sustainability in the face of climate change, wildfire smoke becomes a lesson in how people can become victims far from the root of a problem and far from their control.
In this month’s open access National Science Review, Jianguo “Jack” Liu, MSU Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability, makes a case for the world to shake off the constraints of traditional governance, which tends to address issues in one place without considering how people or ecologies near and far might be impacted.
Justice at a global scale can be threatened when natural events or human decisions in one part of the world to protect, reroute, or corral resources shifts an unwanted impact to other places of the world. The wronged party can be invisible – the injustices inflicted without intent or acknowledgement.
Read more at: Michigan State University