The Council is a nonprofit organization established to bring together scientists, economists, educators, and other experts to inform environmental studies. GWIC is the international body disseminating information on global warming science and policy, serving both governmental and non-governmental organizations and industries in more than 120 countries. It sponsors unbiased research supporting the understanding of global warming and its mitigation. Policy An introduction to the process of law and policymaking in the international environmental field in selected areas and to selected relevant norms and institutions. This volume aims to improve the understanding of how international environmental agreements operate, and how compliance with their provisions might be improved.
Several chapters deal with the topic of climate change.
This book assesses the strengths, limitations, and potential of the international political system for global environmental management. This survey covers international agreements and international legal instruments in the environmental field, mainly as recorded in the 1991 UNEP Register of International Treaties and Other Agreements in the Field of the Environment. Chapter 3 includes a treatment of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. The Complete Briefing Houghton explores the scientific basis of global warming and the likely impacts of climate change on human society before addressing the action that could be taken by governments, industry, and individuals to mitigate the effects. This report identifies what should be done to counter potential greenhouse warming or deal with its likely consequences.