ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses what type of public goods can be provided under climate governance. Science has been the basis for creating a variety of responses to the phenomenon and can explain why the problem of climate change is in essence global. The chapter addresses the scientific arguments for designing climate governance. It briefly explains how the climate system works and what the greenhouse gases are. In addition, it explores how these gases behave in the face of human activities. The theory of 'common-pool resources (CPR)' was drafted by Robert Keohane and Elinor Ostrom. They defined CPR as the natural resources humanity has, but different from a pure global public good in that they are sometimes subject to rivalry or excludability in consumption or impacts. Either public authorities or markets can provide public goods. Anthropogenic greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions have been growing exponentially since the beginning of the industrial age.
