Rural Communities Can Help Ease Global Warming

Abstract

"The commons is a theme just below the surface of everything that happens at the Climate Summit in Copenhagen. Even if it’s not often mentioned. And a key topic under discussion during the deliberations in Copenhagen — environmental service payment programs — will be important to the people living in the closest connection to a commons-based way of life: indigenous people and rural communities in the developing world. What’s the fair way to compensate indigenous and rural communities for their important role in stabilizing the climate?"