This paper has focused on the historical development of ethical and legal thought on climate change. The study has aimed to historically locate ethical and legal basis on environmental with the urge to overcome climate change, to establish the advent of climate change reality and the management mechanism, and finally bring about the intersection between ethics and law on climate change management. The study has traced philosophical ideas on the environment from ancient and classical times through the medieval, renaissance, modern, and contemporary periods. It has also explored the African perspectives on environmental issues and considered climate change science’s legal and ethical dimensions from the 19th century to the present. Here various approaches to climate change management mechanisms such as anthropocentrism, ecocentrism, biocentrism, regenerative paradigms, climate justice, and holistic approaches have been discussed, thus placing into perspective what has been down. To achieve this goal, the study was guided by Husserl’s Phenomenological Method and theory which has analyzed the climate change discourse throughout the discourse. The discourse has culminated with bringing out clarity on the complex web of ideologies, power dynamics, and institutional structures that shape responses to the climate change crisis and create sustainable mechanisms.