Global Warming: A Collective Action Problem

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Global warming is a collective action problem; it is also a problem that is very difficult to
solve. The main reason it is tough to solve is that it
is a collective action problem.
Global warming or climate change is a quintessential collective action problem that needs
a careful application of policy coordination and also multi-level governance. The rapid increase
in the greenhouse gas across the atmosphere threatens a rise in the sea level, global warming,
changed rainfall patterns and many others. Apart from these, the sudden increase in the
hurricanes and typhoons cannot be mitigated by one nation acting alone. I follow the views of
Buchanan (1979), who says that the emission of greenhouse gas is the responsibility of all
nations. Global warming and the climate change issues need the cooperation of state or national
monitoring local control and many other supports in order to foster a sustainable environment.
Since it is a collective problem, it is difficult to change entirely within a short period of time says
Easton (1981). It is difficult to halt the world's fast-rising CO2 emission because the emission of
CO2 has reached up to 40 per cent as found from the article of. Hence, I believe that there is no
chance of stopping global warming, but it can be reduced by collaborative efforts.
According to the views of Hardin (2015), the acceptance of the primary process of global
warming has grown with the passage of time and also increasing in a widespread manner
although there are some exceptions in the political community. In the year 2001, the United
Nations ‘Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) deduced that only the activities
conducted by the human race are the reason behind the concentration of Green House Gas within
the atmosphere. Heywood (1994), is of the opinion that these change and concentration are
causing an increase in the global temperature. It has also been projected by the IPCC that Green
House Gas emission would in future heighten if the government will not take any necessary

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action as informed by. The resulting concentration will inevitably lead to higher temperatures
and change in the climate that are disruptive of the human lifestyle and harmful to the other
creatures on the earth. After going through the global climate reports, I have come to the
assumption that although it is a difficult problem, it could have been solved to a greater extent,
had the members of the society cooperated with each other in making the earth a better place to
live.
Since it is a collective problem, it would be unrealistic to expect that it would be resolved
by an individual or single member of the group. According to my views, any big project requires
the cooperation and coordination of each member of a particular group. In this case, we are all
responsible with the duty to reduce the core issues. Laver (1949), expressing his concern says
that it requires the participation of those who have disparate interests. The issues mainly arise
from the provision of public goods that includes clear water and air. The global climate is a
global public good, that has to be accepted by all the members of the society.
The issues of climate change are an extraordinarily difficult issue which cannot be quickly
resolved. I support the suggestions of Schelling (2006), that the mitigation of the Green House
Gas emission requires contentious trade-offs. Both the developing and developed countries need
to ensure the supply of energy in a fair manner which is a combined issue for all the nations.
According to my scrutiny of the problems, it would be inappropriate to believe that the
institutional panaceas would result in optimal outcomes. It can be assumed that in the coming
next few decades, some technological miracle would happen and push the global community to
switch swiftly from the fossil fuels out of fear. However, relying on a miracle which has shown
no trees yet, would be unlikely and unfruitful.