Have they tried competition? Usually that's the middle ground capitalism has been successfully utilizing.
But it is theoretically (game-theory) and practically (e.g. collapse of the Atlantic northwest cod fishery) true that market economy has a failure mode known as the tragedy of the commons.
The solution to global warming is cap and trade system. We cap the allowed emissions according to the climate goals and trade the remaining allowances for the emissions.
IMO capitalism and state interventions are the most successful.
EU Emissions Trading Scheme is probably one of the best methods.
Cap emissions according to the climate goal and trade the resulting emission allowances.