The Challenge of Climate Change : Which Way Now?
Overview
Global warming and climate change present complex interlockingissues of public policy, multilateral negotiation, andtechnological advancement. This book explores both theproblems and the opportunities presented by internationalagreements, and examines the technological developments and policygoals that can be pursued to effect the changes necessary. Specific steps are proposed in the form of a list of priorities.
This book represents a cooperative enterprise between twoauthors of different backgrounds - engineering and internationalrelations - and is directed to an educated butnon-professional lay audience without any formal training in eitherscience or international relations. The points of view ofnegotiators from both developed and developing nations arepresented and compared. Each topic is presented from bothtechnical and policy perspectives as a means to evaluate thevariety of proposals that have been offered as remedies to globalwarming.
The text is supported by illustrations and tables whereappropriate, including a list of References at the end of eachchapter.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780470654972
- ISBN-10: 047065497X
- Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
- Publish Date: December 2010
- Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.95 pounds
- Page Count: 248
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