The German Ethics Council presented its statement on climate justice this week. Anyone who denounces others for climate sins is using right-wing conservative narratives.
The myth that climate researchers and activists have to live like monks has been a populist narrative since the climate movement existed. The Council's criticism of underground CO2 storage technology must be “critically examined,” says Jens Schulte-Brockhoff. The phrase “moral heroism” also appears three times in the report.