Given that the worst offenders are, in order, China, Russia, and Saudi Arabia... ...no. They don't have free and open elections to their legislative branches,

Given that the worst offenders are, in order, China, Russia, and Saudi Arabia... ...no. They don't have free and open elections to their legislative branches, and even if they did they are rubber stamp chambers, and even if they weren't, the autocrats who run those countries are going to do whatever it takes to maintain power. What you need to envision is a path to a world where the Russian/Brazilian/Chinese/whatever poor aren't going to riot if their below-market fuel supplies are cut off, or at least a world where such riots won't cause the fall of a government. Because until we get there, democratic pressure is going to be trumped by street power and autocratic populism. And the Brazilian "street" isn't going to riot for cutback to fuel subsidies, so...