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- Frontmatter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- Preface xi
- Acknowledgments xxiii
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CHAPTER I Diagnosis: The Earth Has Cancer, and the Cancer Is Man
- In the Doctor’s Judgment 1
- Diagnosis at Rio 5
- A Second, Less Foreboding Opinion 18
- Prognosis: Social Choice in the Face of Uncertainty 26
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CHAPTER II The Condition of the Earth from the Legal Perspective
- Astronaut and Diplomat 33
- A Nation’s Abuse of Its Own Environment 37
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CHAPTER III Transboundary Pollution
- Introduction 50
- The Preventive Techniques 52
- The Reactive Techniques 57
- Consensual Transboundary Pollution 66
- Summary 69
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CHAPTER IV Managing the Global Commons
- Introduction 71
- A Nation’s “Internal” Activities Damaging the Commons 72
- A Nation’s Activities on the Commons Damaging the Commons 88
- A Nation’s Activities on the Commons Damaging Another Nation 94
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CHAPTER V Treaties as Antidotes
- The Virtues of a Treaty-Based Approach 96
- The Impediments to Treaty Formation 98
- Under What Circumstances are International Negotiations Likely to Succeed? 116
- Conclusion 119
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CHAPTER VI The Economist’s Prescriptions: Taxes and Tradable Permits
- Introduction 122
- The Economic Ideal 123
- Institutionalizing the Economic Ideal 129
- Pro Rata Cutbacks 132
- Effluent Taxes 134
- Tradable Emissions Permits 141
- Conclusion 149
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CHAPTER VII Medicating the Earth: Preventatives and Remedies
- Introduction 153
- Need Our Responses Be Fully Global? 154
- Is Prevention Better than Cure? 159
- The Deferred, Go-It-Alone Policy as a Second-Best Strategy 160
- A Review of the Home-Grown Remedies 162
- The New Generation of Legislation 174
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CHAPTER VIII Taking Out Calamity Insurance
- Introduction 182
- The Application of Conventional Insurance to Climate Change 187
- Modes of Government Participation 192
- The International Precedents and Prospects 197
- Alternative “Insurance” 198
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CHAPTER IX Paying the Bills: Toward a Global Commons Trust Fund
- Introduction 201
- The Global Financing Options 203
- The Global Commons Trust Fund 208
- Financing Options in the Light of Domestic Policy Alternatives 220
- The Virtues and Vices of Global Funds: The Donors versus the “Democrats” 226
- Conclusion 233
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CHAPTER X The Spiritual and Moral Dimensions ofthe Environmental Crisis: OfHumankind and Gnats
- The Spiritual Roots of the Environmental Crisis 235
- The Moral Dimensions 242
- What Does an Environmental Ethic Aim For? 268
- The Arguments against an Environmental Ethic 271
- The Burdens an Environmental Ethic Faces 276
- One Further Level of Abstraction: The Metaphysical Underpinnings 278
- Notes 281
- Index to Topics and Institutions 331
- Index to Authors 337
- Index to Conventions 340
- Index to Legal Cases 341
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- Preface xi
- Acknowledgments xxiii
-
CHAPTER I Diagnosis: The Earth Has Cancer, and the Cancer Is Man
- In the Doctor’s Judgment 1
- Diagnosis at Rio 5
- A Second, Less Foreboding Opinion 18
- Prognosis: Social Choice in the Face of Uncertainty 26
-
CHAPTER II The Condition of the Earth from the Legal Perspective
- Astronaut and Diplomat 33
- A Nation’s Abuse of Its Own Environment 37
-
CHAPTER III Transboundary Pollution
- Introduction 50
- The Preventive Techniques 52
- The Reactive Techniques 57
- Consensual Transboundary Pollution 66
- Summary 69
-
CHAPTER IV Managing the Global Commons
- Introduction 71
- A Nation’s “Internal” Activities Damaging the Commons 72
- A Nation’s Activities on the Commons Damaging the Commons 88
- A Nation’s Activities on the Commons Damaging Another Nation 94
-
CHAPTER V Treaties as Antidotes
- The Virtues of a Treaty-Based Approach 96
- The Impediments to Treaty Formation 98
- Under What Circumstances are International Negotiations Likely to Succeed? 116
- Conclusion 119
-
CHAPTER VI The Economist’s Prescriptions: Taxes and Tradable Permits
- Introduction 122
- The Economic Ideal 123
- Institutionalizing the Economic Ideal 129
- Pro Rata Cutbacks 132
- Effluent Taxes 134
- Tradable Emissions Permits 141
- Conclusion 149
-
CHAPTER VII Medicating the Earth: Preventatives and Remedies
- Introduction 153
- Need Our Responses Be Fully Global? 154
- Is Prevention Better than Cure? 159
- The Deferred, Go-It-Alone Policy as a Second-Best Strategy 160
- A Review of the Home-Grown Remedies 162
- The New Generation of Legislation 174
-
CHAPTER VIII Taking Out Calamity Insurance
- Introduction 182
- The Application of Conventional Insurance to Climate Change 187
- Modes of Government Participation 192
- The International Precedents and Prospects 197
- Alternative “Insurance” 198
-
CHAPTER IX Paying the Bills: Toward a Global Commons Trust Fund
- Introduction 201
- The Global Financing Options 203
- The Global Commons Trust Fund 208
- Financing Options in the Light of Domestic Policy Alternatives 220
- The Virtues and Vices of Global Funds: The Donors versus the “Democrats” 226
- Conclusion 233
-
CHAPTER X The Spiritual and Moral Dimensions ofthe Environmental Crisis: OfHumankind and Gnats
- The Spiritual Roots of the Environmental Crisis 235
- The Moral Dimensions 242
- What Does an Environmental Ethic Aim For? 268
- The Arguments against an Environmental Ethic 271
- The Burdens an Environmental Ethic Faces 276
- One Further Level of Abstraction: The Metaphysical Underpinnings 278
- Notes 281
- Index to Topics and Institutions 331
- Index to Authors 337
- Index to Conventions 340
- Index to Legal Cases 341