Chapters in this book

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