The Paris Agreement will be ten years old in 2025. It is a good opportunity, then, to reassess the feasibility of its long-term goals and understand what they mean for the current and for the next generations.
Conflicting interests of three different generations are at stake here, namely: (1) the interests of the current generation, (2) those of the overshoot generation, and (3) the interests of the post-overshoot generation. Given the unequal distribution of power across generations, it is likely that the current generation will tend to further their own interest to the detriment of the overshoot generation, even if, in the end, the climate policies enforced by the current generation do indeed fulfil the interests of the post-overshoot generation. The implications for international relations are momentous, as we intend to show in this article.
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Araujo, Marcelo de; Fior, Pedro; Menezes, Pedro. 2024. "Ten Years After the Paris Agreement: The Tragedy of the Overshoot Generation". In e-International Relations, 7 Janeiro 2025. https://www.e-ir.info/2025/01/07/ten-years-after-the-paris-agreement-the-tragedy-of-the-overshoot-generation/