ABSTRACT
Global climate change is arguably one of the most challenging ethical and political issues facing humankind. Potential impacts of climate change include changes in precipitation patterns leading to more and longer droughts in some areas and increased rainfall in others, as well as more intense weather events such as sea surges and hurricanes, glacial melting, and sea-level rise. Impacts also include deterioration of water resources in some areas, as well as changes in the vectors of disease-borne illnesses and biodiversity loss (Parry et al. 2007 ). Given the wideranging effects of climate change, it is seen by many as one of the greatest threats to human well-being and development, with adverse impacts expected on human health, water and food security, economic activity, natural resources, physical infrastructure, and the environment.
