Solving the Super Wicked Problem of Climate Change: How Restraining the Present Could Aid in Establishing an Emissions Cap and Designing Allowance Auctions
Richard Lazarus' analysis of climate change as a "super wicked" problem and discussion of precommitment strategies as a solution offer innovative ideas that could strengthen a future cap and trade law "by increasing the law's ability to achieve its objectives over the long term" and "limiting the ability of future legislators and officials to undermine the statute's implementation." Furthermore, policymakers should consider precommitment strategies for a cap and trade law because some of the design features discussed in the article could effectively address the thorny issues associated with