Title: Ranking Global Harms
Subtitle: Should Climate Change Be Our Priority?
Subject Classification:  Earth, Law, Philosophy  
BIC Classification: RB, LA, HPQ
BISAC Classification: POL044000, PHI005000, LAW034000
Binding: Hardback, eBook
Planned publication date: Dec 2025
ISBN (Hardback): 978-1-83711-736-9
ISBN (eBook): 978-1-83711-737-6

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Description

This book presents a bold thesis: among the many global threats humanity faces, climate change is the paramount harm demanding urgent priority. Combining insights from international law, moral philosophy, political economy, and environmental science, Ranking Global Harms offers a new evaluative framework for comparing systemic global threats. By demonstrating that climate change uniquely threatens the social fabric sustaining civilization, this book challenges prevailing narratives that place nuclear war, terrorism, pandemic, or technological risks at the center of global concern.

It is an important addition to the literature on climate change, government, law, and environmental science.

Biography

Author(s):  Thomas W. Simon is Professor, Philosophy and Law, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Hopkins-Nanjing Center, China. He writes on international crimes, legal theory, and global justice. Author of Genocide, Torture, and Terrorism and other books, he holds a J.D. and Ph.D., and has taught at Harvard, Illinois State, and worldwide.

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