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Home > Resources > Ethics & International Affairs Journal > Volume 18.1 (Winter 2004) > Articles |
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Global Warming: More Common Than Tragic [Abstract]
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February 3, 2004
Global warming is indeed a difficult international environmental problem to
address: it has tragedy of the commons characteristics, and problems of time
horizons and uncertainty. But previous efforts at international cooperation on
other environmental issues such as ozone depletion suggest that international
cooperation should be possible—though difficult—on climate change. Cooperation
on issues that involve long time horizons suggests that the present generation
is not calculating utility quite so narrowly as game theorists posit. Experience
also suggests that successful cooperation on climate change will start with
measures so small as to seem inconsequential, but will set in place an
institutional and scientific process that will ultimately result in much more
significant cooperative efforts. Rather than representing a tragedy, the Kyoto
Protocol (or something much like it) could represent the beginnings of a process
in which current generations take the first steps at collective action that
dramatically improve the lives of future generations. Those who are concerned
about the weakness of the Kyoto Protocol should first focus on persuading the
United States to join—since this is the best way to let the process work and
avoid a tragedy of the commons.
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The Carnegie Council's flagship publication, Ethics & International Affairs is an interdisciplinary resource for scholars, students, and policy analysts concerned with the moral dimensions of global issues. The journal covers global justice, civil society, democratization, international law, intervention, sanctions, and related topics.
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