Feeling the Heat [electronic resource] : The Politics of Climate Policy in Rapidly Industrializing Countries /
Bailey, Ian.author.
Compston, Hugh.author.
To avoid uncontrolled climate change, greenhouse gas emissions will have to be brought under control by major emitters outside the affluent West. The authors investigate the political obstacles in BRIC countries and what their governments could do to strengthen climate policies without incurring serious political damage.
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables, Figures and Box; Preface; Series Editor's Preface: Energy, Climate and the Environment; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Part I: Context; 2 Climate Policy: Issues and Opportunities for Rapidly Industrializing Countries; 3 BRICs in the Global Climate Regime: Rapidly Industrializing Countries and International Climate Negotiations; 4 Ever Closer Partnerships? European Union Relations with Rapidly Industrializing Countries on Climate Change
5 The United States and Rapidly Industrializing Countries:Climate Policy in Bilateral RelationsPart II: Analysis; 6 Supporting China's Green Leap Forward: Political Strategies for China's Climate Policies; 7 India and Climate Change: Energy, Equity and Development; 8 More Than Hot Air: The Economics and Politics of Climate Change in Russia; 9 Climate Politics in Brazil: Public Awareness, Social Transformations and Emissions Reduction; Part III: Conclusions; 10 Political Strategy and Climate Policy in Rapidly Industrializing Countries; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
To avoid uncontrolled climate change, greenhouse gas emissions will have to be brought under control by major emitters outside the affluent West. The authors investigate the political obstacles in BRIC countries and what their governments could do to strengthen climate policies without incurring serious political damage.
Environmental monitoring.
Economic development.
International organization.
Environmental policy.
Globalization.
Monitoring/Environmental Analysis.
Development Studies.
International Organization.
Environmental Policy.
Environmental Politics.
Globalization.