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Re:Mexico cracks down on solar geoengineering by jl6 on Thursday January 26, 2023 @05:15AM (#34529888)
Yes, the atmosphere is fundamentally a commons. Some pollution impacts mostly at the location of emission and can be regulated by local/national law, but a great deal of pollution (notably CO2) has a global impact.

Same goes for oceans.

There are many international treaties and conventions that recognize this, but they clearly don't go far enough, and we run into the "fear of a world government" issue here.

Re:Mexico cracks down on solar geoengineering by yellowapple on Thursday January 26, 2023 @09:42PM (#34541824)
I'd be entirely unsurprised if countries eventually start considering disproportionate pollution to be an act of war.