The Collapse of the Kyoto Protocol and the Struggle to Slow Global Warming (Council on Foreign Relations Book)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: July 26, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780691120263
Subjects: Global warming; Public Policy - Environmental Policy; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; International Relations - Diplomacy; Earth Sciences; Economics; Political Philosophy; Political Science / Public Policy / Environmental Policy; Political Science and International Relations; International Relations - General
First sentence: Worldwide, legislatures are beginning the long process of deciding whether to ratify and implement the December 1997 "Kyoto Protocol."
Description: "In this book - reissued in paperback with an afterword that comments on recent events - David Victor explains why the Kyoto Protocol was never likely to become an effective legal instrument and explores how its collapse offers opportunities to establish a more realistic alternative." "Individuals at all levels of environmental science, economics, public policy, and politics - from students to professionals - and anyone else hoping to participate in the debate over how to slow global warming will want to read this book."--BOOK JACKET.