Reading
Discuss the how climate change is described as the tragedy of commons using the reading “Climate Change: The Ultimate Tragedy of the Commons” by Jouni Paavola. Discuss solutions to this problem with your students using the reading.
- Read “Climate Change: The Ultimate Tragedy of the Commons” by Jouni Paavola in “Property in Land and Other Resources”:
- This reading describes climate change as a tragedy of the commons problem (atmospheric sinks for greenhouse gases are the commons) and analyzes the current state of climate change governance. It also discusses polycentricity as a governance approach to address global climate change at various levels and scales, providing specific examples ofthe Cities for Climate Change program and the Cement Sustainability Initiative.
“Climate Change: The Ultimate Tragedy of the Commons”, by Jouni Paavola in “Property in Land and Other Resources”, edited by Daniel H. Cole and Elinor Ostrom, Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, pp. 417-433;