Siegel, in the 2019 GSA Presidential Address presented on pp. 4-5 of the February Issue of GSA Today, opined on climate disruption, the result of the most sweeping tragedy of the commons [aka the general public], when nations [aka oil and gas companies] use a resource owned by none, in this case the atmosphere (Hardin, 1968), and then individually degrade it [by burning fossil fuels or by allowing such gases to escape] to achieve individual advantage [profit]. The tragedy of the commons originally referred to common pastures where farmers would graze their animal stock. When each farmer incrementally added more animals—thinking nothing bad would happen—the pasture failed. Much as humanity [coal and oil and gas companies] has incrementally added greenhouse gases to our collective atmosphere. Sadly, Siegel sees no evidence that most nations [companies] releasing greenhouse gases will make the necessary economic [companies] and political decisions [regulations] to prevent at least a two-degree increase in average tropospheric temperature—a temperature beyond which severe climate disruption will almost certainly affect our way of life and the survival of many, if not most, current ecosystems (e.g., Knutti et al., 2016). Large swaths of our planet will suffer hell or high water or both. [.... read on].
[A good read from a Liberal perspective. Might as well read "oil and gas companies" as Conservative Republicans or current Trumpers].
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