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A Brookings Institution Press and Yale Center for the Study of Globalization publicationThe latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reflects the growing international consensus that the earth's climate is being changed by anthropogenic greenhouse gasses. Evidence presented by the IPCC and others points to the potential for increasingly dangerous weather, new disease outbreaks, regional water shortages, the loss of habitat and species, and other disturbing developments that could have profound social and economic impacts. Opinions on what should be done, however, remain sharply divided within and among countries. Though monumental in its efforts, the Kyoto Protocol has left much to be agreed upon and achieved, with the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxidethe United Statesrejecting it.In Global Warming: Looking Beyond Kyoto, some of the best-known and respected authorities in climate policy provide a comprehensive agenda for global collective action. Representing both industrialized and developing nations, the contributors present a thought-provoking examination of the economic, social, and political context of climate policy within their countr

Author

Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León

Publisher

New Haven, Conn.: Center for the Study of Globalization, Yale University ; Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780815797142

Subjects

Political Science, Nature, Social Science