The Gnat Is Older than Man

Name: The Gnat Is Older than Man | Global Environment and Human Agenda
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Global Environment and Human Agenda

Christopher D. Stone(Autor*in)

Princeton University Press

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Erschienen am 14. November 2023

367 Seiten

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Cover Page
Half-title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter I: Diagnosis: The Earth Has Cancer, and the Cancer Is Man
In the Doctor's Judgment
Diagnosis at Rio
A Second, Less Foreboding Opinion
Prognosis: Social Choice in the Face of Uncertainty
Chapter II: The Condition ofthe Earth from the Legal Perspective
Astronaut and Diplomat
A Nation's Abuse of Its Own Environment
Chapter III: Transboundary Pollution
The Preventive Techniques
The Reactive Techniques
Consensual Transboundary Pollution
Summary
Chapter IV: Managing the Global Commons
A Nation's "Internal" Activities Damaging the Commons
A Nation's Activities on the Commons Damaging the Commons
A Nation's Activities on the Commons Damaging Another Nation
Chapter V: Treaties as Antidotes
The Virtues of a Treaty-Based Approach
The Impediments to Treaty Formation
Under What Circumstances are International Negotiations Likely to Succeed?
Conclusion
Chapter VI: The Economist's Prescriptions: Taxes and Tradable Permits
The Economic Ideal
Institutionalizing the Economic Ideal
Pro Rata Cutbacks
Effluent Taxes
Tradable Emissions Permits
Conclusion
Chapter VII: Medicating the Earth: Preventatives and Remedies
Need Our Responses Be Fully Global?
Is Prevention Better than Cure?
The Deferred, Go-It-Alone Policy as a Second-Best Strategy
A Review of the Home-Grown Remedies
The New Generation of Legislation
Chapter VIII: Taking Out Calamity Insurance
The Application of Conventional Insurance to Climate Change
Modes of Government Participation
The International Precedents and Prospects
Alternative "Insurance"
Chapter IX: Paying the Bills: Toward a Global Commons Trust Fund
The Global Financing Options
The Global Commons Trust Fund
Financing Options in the Light of Domestic Policy Alternatives
The Virtues and Vices of Global Funds: The Donors versus the "Democrats"
Conclusion
Chapter X: The Spiritual and Moral Dimensions ofthe Environmental Crisis: Of Humankind and Gnats
The Spiritual Roots of the Environmental Crisis
The Moral Dimensions
What Does an Environmental Ethic Aim For?
The Arguments against an Environmental Ethic
The Burdens an Environmental Ethic Faces
One Further Level of Abstraction: The Metaphysical Underpinnings
Notes
Index to Topics and Institutions
Index to Authors
Index to Conventions
Index to Legal Cases

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