The Fight for the Global Commons
In order to protect the atmosphere from overexploitation and so limit global warming, there is a need for international cooperation. The basis for this is the realisation that the atmosphere, oceans and forests in their role as carbon sinks are global commons, but they need to be recognised as such...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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SCM Press
[2018]
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Concilium
Year: 2018, Issue: 5, Pages: 22-31 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Catholic church, Pope (2013- : Franziskus), Verfasserschaft1, Laudato si'
/ Climate protection
/ International cooperation
/ Carbon dioxide emissions
/ Price fixing
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KDB Roman Catholic Church NCE Business ethics NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
| Summary: | In order to protect the atmosphere from overexploitation and so limit global warming, there is a need for international cooperation. The basis for this is the realisation that the atmosphere, oceans and forests in their role as carbon sinks are global commons, but they need to be recognised as such - and this is what the Pope calls for in his environmental encyclical Laudato Si'. The most effective instrument of climate policy is sufficiently high CO2 prices, agreed at international level. These would not only protect the poor from the effects of dangerous climate change, but also generate urgently needed revenues to fight poverty, among other ways through public investment in infrastructure. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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