Open AccessGoverning the global commons: an ethical-legal framework
Author(s) -
Prue Taylor
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
policy quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2324-1101
pISSN - 2324-1098
DOI - 10.26686/pq.v13i1.4638
Subject(s) - global commons , anthropocene , headline , humanity , climate change , water scarcity , political science , corporate governance , environmental ethics , scarcity , commons , tragedy of the commons , environmental resource management , sustainability , natural resource economics , state (computer science) , earth system science , business , environmental science , ecology , economics , law , water resources , philosophy , finance , algorithm , advertising , computer science , biology , microeconomics
Governance of the Earth’s global ecological commons creates unprecedented challenges for humanity. Our traditional Westphalian state system was not designed to respond to these global challenges and thus far it has failed to transform. Climate change is the current headline issue; 30 years on and we still swing between hope and despair about our collective ability to radically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Related issues are beginning to vie for our response: ocean acidification, mass species extinction, land use change and freshwater scarcity.