Global Warming And Social Inequality

Global WarmingBIS47028th March 2018"The climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all."(Pope Francis, Laudato Si para. 23)Researchers have tended to discuss the impacts of global warming from a narrow perspective that mainly focused on the physical effects such as natural phenomena. However, recently, the social consequences of global warming and climate change have received significant attention as exemplified by the fact that scholars have been gathering and accumulating evidence about the relationship between poverty and climate change. However, the multidimensional inequalities between the two factors have not been explored sufficiently. The primary objective of this paper is to analyze how global warming affects social inequality. Specifically, over the years, global warming has continued to change and modify social layers and has significantly contributed greatly to an unequal wealth and power distribution in the society.In the past, it was believed that global warming often dealt with nature and the environment as compared to social issues. However, the belief has changed substantially with more evidence showing that global warming affects not only the environment but also the society. First of all, only people can actually make