Experts urge governance of planetary commons to manage climate change
MARCH 5, 2024
By Paul Homewood
h/t Dennis Ambler
They’re coming for your democracy, but don’t worry, it’s all in your own interest! ( I suppose the clue is in the name – Democracy Without Borders).
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Earlier this year, an international group of 22 experts from a range of disciplines, including environmental science, governance, and law, emphasized the importance of establishing “planetary commons” in an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The group argued that this step is essential for strengthening global governance to “protect the functions of Earth’s biophysical systems in ways that ensure planetary resilience and justice for present and future generations.”
The article introduces the concept of “planetary commons” as a framework to align global law and governance with the science of the Earth system. The consequences of climate change are worsening globally, and there is presently no effective governance system in place to address the issue. Instead, nations have developed their own policies for climate change, each motivated by national-level pressures and interests, often misaligned with other nations and the global goal of a sustainable Earth. According to the authors, however, if “essential systems and processes are perturbed beyond critical thresholds, they can undergo irreversible state shifts with potentially dire consequences for life on Earth.” For this reason, it is necessary
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