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2009-08-10

A simple and effective principle for a global climate agreement

Comments on Yongsheng Zhang “Bush wrong on India and China and climate change”, 22/07/2008, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2008/07/22/bush-wrong-on-india-and-china-and-climate-change/

While there can be many different arguments, as Zhang and others may have done so, the most realistic and practical way in the most simplest manner, in concept, could be characterised as to apply a global carbon tax so to achieve whatever the target would need to be, then distribute this global revenue to the world population (maybe based on a certain time) equally, that is equal per capita.

This approach will be able to address many problems except the historical causes or contributions. But that point could be regarded as “bygone as bygone” (we won’t hold those dead people to be responsible for solving our future climate problems), if and when the current allocation can be done on an equal per capita basis.

Based on this principle, other scheme broadly consistent with this can be designed and implemented.

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