ABSTRACT
This chapter challenges the three prevailing tropes. The first trope is that the problem of climate was caused by the Developed World and so it is up to the Developed World to solve the problem. The second trope is that clean energy is available; it is just a question of whether people are willing to pay the higher costs for using it and who should pay those costs. The final trope is that the interests of the Developing World and the Developed World are aligned in that people all lose in the face of climate change. The chapter examines the consequences when cumulative emissions from the Developed World and Developing World are separated in this scenario for the rest of this century. The risk benefit analysis of the stilts assumes the effects of climate change are limited, limited to an additional rise in the river.
