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Have we ever done something that requires global agreement?

• redcalx 9y ago
  CFC ban?
• joshmaker 9y ago
  The Montreal Protocol was a successful international treaty to protect the Ozone Layer, so there is some precedence for countries coming together to protect our environment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Protocol
• mturmon 9y ago
  Approximately all nations, the Nuclear test ban treaty (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Nuclear-Test-Ban_Treaty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Nuclear-Test-Ban...)
  • praneshp 9y ago
    I kind of disagree with this one. The number is high, but a bunch of countries haven't signed it (As of 2016, eight Annex 2 states have not ratified the treaty: China, Egypt, Iran, Israel and the United States have signed but not ratified the Treaty; India, North Korea and Pakistan have not signed it.) [[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Nuclear-Test-Ban_Treaty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Nuclear-Test-Ban...
• ghrifter 9y ago
  CFC global ban in the 90s - http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/this-week-in-history-banning-cfcs-and-saving-the-ozone-layer-took-a-global-effort http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/this-week-in-history...
  • ams6110 9y ago
    True, but there was a ready substitute. When have we ever had a global agreement that required real sacrifice?
• carapace 9y ago
  Oh yes. Smallpox, eradication of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox#Eradication https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox#Eradication