Thursday, February 11, 2010

The atmosphere is a common property!



As Ms Sunita Narain said in her lecture that you cannot stop the goat from entering the forest until the benefits of not entering are equally divided, the question comes as how to have the collective action and cooperation with the rich countries so as to save ourselves in long term!

How do we ensure the equitable distribution of costs and benefits?

1 comment:

shalika said...

i think here the benefits are common to the entire world but the costs are not...if we are able to reverse climate change, the effects will be enjoyed by everyone as atmosphere is common to all...but the costs are more for the developing countries...this is the reason why the collective action has failed in the form of copenhagen summit....