Great Powers, Climate Change and Global Environmental Responsibilities

Panelists discuss how international power inequality intersects with the global ecological crisis, and what special role great powers could and should play in the international fight against global warming.

Great powers are also great polluters, particularly when it comes to the global greenhouse gas effect. Through the 2015 Paris Agreement and recent international conferences, all major powers - from the United States to China, India, Brazil, Russia and the EU - have committed to bringing greenhouse gas emissions under control and decarbonising their economies by 2050.