| Description |
ii, 28 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Tela ; 5 |
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Tela ; 5
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| Summary |
The atmosphere is being transformed from a commons, where it is available for all in perpetuity, to a commodity whose usefulness for storing waste is to be allocated and traded among nations. Three groups are playing major roles in the debate over this transformation: science, business, and governments. Their participation in and impact on these global negotiations to govern the sky is examined in an effort to explain the emerging consensus in favour of an atmospheric commodity system. An alternative approach relying on principles of social equity and ecological sustainability is then proposed as a means to reclaim our atmospheric commons. Environmental non-government organizations commonly emphasize principles such as those in our proposal. Some members of the scientific, business and governmental communities have also voiced support for a new policy direction. Our arguments are intended to support efforts in these sectors to conceive an alternative policy paradigm. Because our criticisms challenge current tendencies to rely primarily on economic instruments, such as tradeable emission permits, to address the climate change problem, some may construe our position as opposing market-oriented policies of any kind. This is not correct. Incentive-based policies such as emissions trading can play an important part in tackling the climate change problem, if they are employed in an international framework with clear commitments to sustainability and equity. Our objection to the current approach is that it lacks a commitment to sustainability commensurate with the finding of the United Nations sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which has established from scientific evidence the need for a 60% or greater reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions. Additionally, our concern is that the current approach has failed to consider the dilemmas of inequality, historically accompanying market regimes |
| Analysis |
Atmosphere |
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Climate change |
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Climatic shifts |
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Electronic resource |
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Emissions trading |
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Global data |
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Kyoto Protocol |
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Statistics |
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Tradable emission permits |
| Notes |
"October 2000" |
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Jointly sponsored by: The Australian Conservation Foundation [and] Center for Energy and Environment Policy, University of Delaware |
| Bibliography |
Bibligraphy: pages 25-26 |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web |
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Tela no:5 |
| Subject |
Climatic changes -- Economic aspects.
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Emissions trading.
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Global warming -- Economic aspects.
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Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric -- Economic aspects.
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| Author |
Glover, Leigh.
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Australian Conservation Foundation.
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University of Delaware. Center for Energy and Environment Policy
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| ISBN |
0858021390 |
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