Global Commons

Question 1

Global Commons

Answer 1

The natural resources that fall outside single jurisdictions. For example: The Air, Open Seas, and Antartica.

Question 2

Tragedy of the commons

Answer 2

States allow use of natural resources at greater pace than resources can be replenished.

Question 3

Tragedy of the Commons: Solutions

Answer 3

Divide into private property, International Agreements, or Normative Consensus: What constitutes as permissible behavior.

Question 4

Montreal Protocol

Answer 4

A global agreement in 1987 to protect the stratospheric ozone by reducing consumption of ozone-depleting substances

Question 5

Kyoto Treaty

Answer 5

An agreement in made in 1997 made to reduce greenhouse gases by 5%. (Co2). The US withdrew.

Question 6

Copenhagen Accord

Answer 6

An accord that demanded explicit emission pledges by all major countries. There is no clear path toward a treaty with binding commitments.

Question 7

Paris Agreement

Answer 7

195 Countries signed with the goals of keeping global temperatures below 2% of pre-industrial levels. and to limit the increase to 1.5%

Question 8

US Unilateralism

Answer 8

An example is when the U.S. withdrew from both Kyoto and Paris Agreement when terms weren’t favorable.

Question 9

Top-Down Approach (Commands, Strict Rules)

Answer 9

Usually leads to withdraws or drawn out negotiations due to unfavorable contracts.

Question 10

Bottom-Up Approach

Answer 10

National action plans and uses the act of ‘Naming and shaming’ for compliance.