**9. Climate change conflict resolution**

As previously stated, conflict resolution can be achieved by five different methods; avoidance, competition, accommodation, collaboration, and compromise.

The scientific evidence is such that avoidance is not possible. Climate change is underway such that a rise in global temperature will occur even if all GG production ceased immediately. Competition does not necessarily imply an adversarial approach as a friendly competition among nations to reduce GG production would be beneficial. A contrary approach is one in which warfare is used to compete over scarce resources, which is an event that would likely add more GG and result in greater degrees of environmental degradation. Accommodation to the new normal might be possible for wealthier nations but is probably not viable for those nations most vulnerable to climate change. Of these options, collaboration and compromise provide the best pathways forward for climate change once most of humanity recognizes the scope of the problem. Adherence to the four ethical pillars will favor solutions based on collaboration and compromise. Given human nature, the author hopes for worldwide collaboration and compromise but fears that failure to act in the early stages of this disease will lead to global warfare and unprecedented destruction.
