Ethical assessment category

Ethical Assessments of Environmental Advocates

Ethical assessments of environmental, climate and conservation advocates, examining evidence, stewardship, harm reduction and long-term influence.

8 ethical assessment profiles

Current score range

Highest current result +89.60 Jane Goodall
Lowest current result +39.38 King Charles III

Overall scores are equal-weight averages of each profile’s applicable six-dimensional results. Profiles below are ordered from highest to lowest.

Profiles in Ethical Assessments of Environmental Advocates

Person

Jane Goodall

The assessment covers pioneering chimpanzee research, animal individuality, habitat protection, community-centred conservation, youth mobilisation and the ethical implications of speaking for nonhuman life.

This is a contemporary assessment current to 26 June 2026. It must be revised as later conduct and evidence become available.

Overall score +89.60
Period
1960–2025
Evidence confidence
B — high

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Person

Wangari Maathai

The assessment covers the Green Belt Movement, women's economic participation, reforestation, resistance to land-grabbing and authoritarianism, democratic advocacy and environmental peacebuilding.

This is a contemporary assessment current to 26 June 2026. It must be revised as later conduct and evidence become available.

Overall score +87.09
Period
1977–2011
Evidence confidence
B — high

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Person

Rachel Carson

The assessment covers Carson's scientific writing, marine conservation, Silent Spring, pesticide risk communication and her influence on environmental regulation and ecological public awareness.

This is a contemporary assessment current to 26 June 2026. It must be revised as later conduct and evidence become available.

Overall score +83.82
Period
1941–1964
Evidence confidence
B — high

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Person

David Attenborough

The assessment covers seven decades of natural-history broadcasting, public education, climate and biodiversity advocacy, institutional leadership and the environmental costs and limitations of wildlife production.

This is a contemporary assessment current to 26 June 2026. It must be revised as later conduct and evidence become available.

Overall score +82.95
Period
1954–2026
Evidence confidence
B — high

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Person

Norman Borlaug

The assessment covers disease-resistant high-yield wheat, international crop research, increased food production and the environmental and distributional limitations of Green Revolution agriculture.

This is a contemporary assessment current to 26 June 2026. It must be revised as later conduct and evidence become available.

Overall score +80.70
Period
1944–2009
Evidence confidence
B — high

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Person

Greta Thunberg

Swedish climate and human-rights activist. The assessment covers climate mobilisation, science-based advocacy, youth participation, civil disobedience, disruption and advocacy connecting climate harm with justice and vulnerable populations.

This is a contemporary assessment current to 26 June 2026. It must be revised as later conduct and evidence become available.

Overall score +69.18
Period
2018–2026
Evidence confidence
B — high

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Person

King Charles III

King of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms. The assessment covers environmental advocacy, youth charity, public service, hereditary privilege, public funding and the unequal constitutional structure of monarchy.

This is a contemporary assessment current to 26 June 2026. It must be revised as later conduct and evidence become available.

Overall score +39.38
Period
1976–2026
Evidence confidence
C — moderate

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