Climate Change Awaits Zarathustra: Fostering Societal Action For Developments Towards Climate Change Action

Abstract

This project examines the identification and implementation of societal level changes in an ethical manner within and across national boundaries with primary consideration for future innovations which will eliminate climate change as a threat to global society. The final analysis draws conclusions regarding the practicality of relying more heavily on organizational structural changes, technological competition and cooperation, and morally acceptable value systems to establish paths towards a clean energy future to help prevent the devastating effects of unchecked climate change. The Will to do something about climate change has grown and will continue to grow even in the face of outright denial and sketchy scientific studies. However, that Will must reach a criticality which can overcome the barriers contained within current herd moralities. The combined Will to address climate change has not yet reached this critical point and is awaiting a moment like Nietzsche’s Zarathustra. We have gone into the cave to reflect on climate change, but have not yet come out.