{"id":13398,"date":"2022-02-22T11:28:22","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T10:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/non-classifiee\/deconstructing-the-most-common-excuses-for-apathy-in-the-face-of-the-climate-crisis\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T15:51:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T14:51:05","slug":"deconstructing-the-most-common-excuses-for-apathy-in-the-face-of-the-climate-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/news-from-the-front\/deconstructing-the-most-common-excuses-for-apathy-in-the-face-of-the-climate-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Deconstructing the most common excuses for apathy in the face of the climate crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"tatsu-HJSUFNzl9 tatsu-section  tatsu-fullscreen tatsu-bg-overlay   tatsu-clearfix\" data-title=\"\"  data-headerscheme=\"background--dark\"><div class=\"tatsu-fullscreen-wrap\"><div class='tatsu-section-pad clearfix' data-padding='{\"d\":\"0px 0% 90px 0%\"}' data-padding-top='0px'><div class=\"tatsu-row-wrap  tatsu-wrap tatsu-row-one-col tatsu-row-has-one-cols tatsu-medium-gutter tatsu-reg-cols  tatsu-clearfix tatsu-BJxHUKEMxc\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-row \" ><div  class=\"tatsu-column  tatsu-column-no-bg tatsu-one-col tatsu-column-image-none tatsu-column-effect-none  tatsu-rybrIF4zgq\"  data-parallax-speed=\"0\" style=\"\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-inner \" ><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad-wrap\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-inline-text clearfix tatsu-B17rUY4Ggc   \" ><style>.tatsu-B17rUY4Ggc .tatsu-inline-text-inner{width: 100%;text-align: center;}<\/style><div class=\"tatsu-inline-text-inner tatsu-align-center\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Elizabeth Cripps is a writer and moral philosopher at the University of Edinburgh, and author of &#8220;What Climate Justice Means and Why We Should Care&#8221;. In this paper, she takes apart the main arguments used to justify our apathy.<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-normal-button tatsu-button-wrap align-block block-center  tatsu-S1ESIFVGg9   \"><a class=\"tatsu-shortcode mediumbtn tatsu-button left-icon circular   bg-animation-none  \" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2022\/feb\/12\/excuses-tackle-climate-crisis-apathy\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"The Guardian (EN)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian (EN)<\/a><style>.tatsu-S1ESIFVGg9 .tatsu-button{background-color: rgba(230,255,0,1);color: rgba(127,128,133,1) ;}.tatsu-S1ESIFVGg9 .tatsu-button:hover{background-color: rgba(0,0,0,1);color: rgba(255,255,255,1) ;}<\/style><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class = \"tatsu-column-bg-image-wrap\"><div class = \"tatsu-column-bg-image\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><style>.tatsu-row > .tatsu-rybrIF4zgq.tatsu-column{width: 100%;}.tatsu-rybrIF4zgq.tatsu-column > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-column-overlay{mix-blend-mode: none;}.tatsu-rybrIF4zgq > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-top-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-rybrIF4zgq > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-bottom-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-rybrIF4zgq > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-left-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-rybrIF4zgq > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-right-divider{z-index: 9999;}<\/style><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tatsu-section-background-wrap\"><div class = \"tatsu-section-background\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tatsu-overlay tatsu-section-overlay\"><\/div><\/div><style>.tatsu-HJSUFNzl9.tatsu-section{background-color: rgba(0,0,0,1);}.tatsu-HJSUFNzl9 .tatsu-section-background{background-image: url(https:\/\/lameche.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Criseclimatique-excuses-environnement-action-de\u0301niclimatique.jpg);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-attachment: scroll;background-position: center center;background-size: cover;}.tatsu-HJSUFNzl9 .tatsu-bg-blur{background-repeat: no-repeat;background-attachment: scroll;background-position: center center;background-size: cover;}.tatsu-HJSUFNzl9 .tatsu-section-pad{padding: 0px 0% 90px 0%;}.tatsu-HJSUFNzl9 > .tatsu-bottom-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-HJSUFNzl9 > .tatsu-top-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-HJSUFNzl9 .tatsu-section-overlay{background: rgba(0,0,0,0.6);mix-blend-mode: normal;}.tatsu-HJSUFNzl9 .tatsu-fullscreen-wrap{align-items: center;}<\/style><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why aren&#8217;t we doing more to stop climate change when the prospect of its consequences is so alarming? We&#8217;ve all heard or even uttered the reasons for this apathy, such as &#8220;it&#8217;s so far in the future&#8221; or &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to make a difference&#8221; or &#8220;it&#8217;s too expensive&#8221;. Do these reasons really excuse us? Zoom in on some of the arguments most frequently used to justify inaction.  <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/news-from-the-front\/deconstructing-the-most-common-excuses-for-apathy-in-the-face-of-the-climate-crisis\/\" class=\"exp-read-more exp-read-more-underlined\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-from-the-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13398"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13517,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13398\/revisions\/13517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}