Chesley Bonestell, “The Exploration of Mars” (1953), oil on board, 143/8 x 28 inches, gift of William Estler, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Reproduced courtesy of Bonestell LLC.

Economics as Climate Aid

November 23, 2015

 

11/19/15 – Political leaders in the United States and Europe seem to differ about whether any agreement resulting from the upcoming United Nations meeting on climate change would be legally binding or simply a statement of what participating countries think they can do. To avoid such international wrangling and other problems, a leading economist has proposed in Issues that smaller groups of countries might jointly adopt binding economic measures aimed at limiting emissions of atmosphere-warming carbon gases from within their regions and beyond.