The Cost of Combating Global Warming
Facing the Tradeoffs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3585657 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas C Schelling (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 8 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Foreign Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-7120 • E-ISSN: 2327-7793 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/20048272 |
| OpenAlex | W176170257 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
veloping world, they assert, will have to be at the expense of the rich nations. Their diagnosis is wrong, but their conclusion is right. Any costs of mitigating climate change during the coming decades will surely be borne by the high-income coun tries. But the benefits, despite what spokespeople for the developing world say, will overwhelmingly accrue to future generations in the developing world. Any action combating global warming will be, intended or not, a foreign aid program. The Chinese, Indonesians, or Bangladeshis are not going to divert resources from their own development to reduce the greenhouse effect, which is caused by the presence of carbon-based gases in the earth's atmosphere. This is a prediction, but it is also sound advice. Their best defense against climate change and vulnerability to weather in general is their own development, reducing their reliance on agriculture and other such out door livelihoods. Furthermore, they have immediate environmental problems?air and water pollution, poor sanitation, disease?that demand earlier attention. There are three reasons the beneficiaries
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| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,88 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2026 (25) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |