The Global Warming Tragedy and the Dangerous Illusion of the Kyoto Protocol
Author(s)
Gardiner, Stephen M.
Abstract
Gardiner argues that the rhetoric and euphoria surrounding the 2001 Kyoto Protocol are misplaced due to the plan’s failure to actually protect future generations. The central flaw of the Kyoto Protocol can be explained in terms of the underlying structure of the climate change issue. Climate change involves the intersection of a complex set of intergenerational and intragenerational collective action problems. Ineffectual environmental policy will continue to dominate until this structure is realized and implemented.
