Since according to scientific evidence, accumulated greenhouse emissions would progressively reduce global well-being, Business as Usual type of behavior may lead to catastrophic outcomes, raising questions about economic sustainability. Provide a definition of this concept and explain why commonly used measures of national economic performance like Gross Domestic Product and Net Domestic Product are not appropriate measures of sustainability. Using the concept of sustainability that you have defined, explain how the use of a non-renewable natural resource (or even its depletion) could still be sustainable

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Suppose that the world is comprised of two countries: X and Y.  Because of the absence of centralized world governance, the control of global externalities is particularly challenging, which is the case with greenhouse gases linked to climate change.  The entries in the following Payoff Table describe each country's well-being under different abatement patterns:

 

 X\Y  No Abate Abate 
 No Abate  12,12  24,8
 Abate  8,24  20,20

 

  1.  Since according to scientific evidence, accumulated greenhouse emissions would progressively reduce global well-being, Business as Usual type of behavior may lead to catastrophic outcomes, raising questions about economic sustainability. Provide a definition of this concept and explain why commonly used measures of national economic performance like Gross Domestic Product and Net Domestic Product are not appropriate measures of sustainability. Using the concept of sustainability that you have defined, explain how the use of a non-renewable natural resource (or even its depletion) could still be sustainable? 
Suppose that the world is comprised of two countries: X and Y. Because of the absence of centralized world
governance, the control of global externalities is particularly challenging, which is the case with greenhouse gases
linked to climate change. The entries in the following Payoff Table describe each country's well-being under
different abatement patterns:
No
XIY
Abate
Abate
No
12,12
24,8
Abate
Abate
8,24
20,20
Transcribed Image Text:Suppose that the world is comprised of two countries: X and Y. Because of the absence of centralized world governance, the control of global externalities is particularly challenging, which is the case with greenhouse gases linked to climate change. The entries in the following Payoff Table describe each country's well-being under different abatement patterns: No XIY Abate Abate No 12,12 24,8 Abate Abate 8,24 20,20
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