Some very pertinent questions starting from an insightful concept. Looking at individual countries is one thing, but unfortunately, we are now forced to look at the global system, as that is the scale on which the climate (and, consequently, the energy) issue needs be addressed. It just adds to the challenge and the urgency to make real progress at the UNFCCC level.
Yep, the authors also point to the fact that their projections for 2050 of how many countries are going to overshoot their ecological budget (without gaining much in terms of well-being) might still be optimistic because they "are based on within-country historical trends, which do not consider the potential social disruption from the negative impacts of ecological overshoot" - disruptions which transcend national boundaries. So countries can't and shouldn't fend for themselves, which is, indeed, another way of saying we *should* have a global framework for action. (The national contributions for the Paris accord that we currently work with fall short of that, which is one reason why poorer nations are currently having to fight for the little money that richer nations promised they would commit.)
Some very pertinent questions starting from an insightful concept. Looking at individual countries is one thing, but unfortunately, we are now forced to look at the global system, as that is the scale on which the climate (and, consequently, the energy) issue needs be addressed. It just adds to the challenge and the urgency to make real progress at the UNFCCC level.
Yep, the authors also point to the fact that their projections for 2050 of how many countries are going to overshoot their ecological budget (without gaining much in terms of well-being) might still be optimistic because they "are based on within-country historical trends, which do not consider the potential social disruption from the negative impacts of ecological overshoot" - disruptions which transcend national boundaries. So countries can't and shouldn't fend for themselves, which is, indeed, another way of saying we *should* have a global framework for action. (The national contributions for the Paris accord that we currently work with fall short of that, which is one reason why poorer nations are currently having to fight for the little money that richer nations promised they would commit.)