[Wowfunhappy]

I don't necessarily disagree, but this feels like a diplomatic nightmare. It would encourage the rest of the world to threaten to burn their resources too, in order to extract payment.

Perhaps we should be paying the rest of the world too, but what if there's a disagreement about how much a resource is worth? And remember, this is all money that could be invested in solar panels, or carbon capture, or countless other things.

[koboll]

>How do you avoid encouraging the rest of the world to also threaten to burn their resources?

I mean, this type of extortion for foreign aid is already common among pariah states. See: North Korea.

[mjevans]

Clearly the UN should be funded and buy this to set aside as a global reserve.

[TallGuyShort]

Then the UN can help put out fires, but only if fired upon.

[briandear]

Given the UN’s history of corruption, they’re the last org that should run anything. See Oil for Food scandal for one example.