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Global warming and climate change: ten years after Kyoto and still counting
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Science Publishers
Publication Date
2008
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English
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v.1. SECTION I: INTRODUCTION: Introduction: Climate change and Kyoto Protocol / Velma I. Grover Butterfly lessons / Elizabeth Kolbert Climate or development: a practitioner's view / Holger Liptow and Kathrin Birkel Climate conflicts extricating Post-Kyoto debates in science and policy / Saleem H. Ali The politics of equity: precedent for Post-Kyoto per capita schemes / Jon Rosales Response to climate change by non-annex I parties / Mohammad Reza Salamat Climate change and collective action: troubles in the transition to a post-oil economy Communication failures in cllimate policy: complementary action or abrupt climate change / Peter Read SECTION II: PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH TO CLIMATE CHANGE: Kyoto: at the end of the day, global warming is everyone's business and business has already lost / Simon Willace The Kantian blueprint of climate control / Martin Schonfeld SECTION III: MECHANISMS TO MEET KYOTO: Carbon trading 101: an introduction to Kyoto's flexibility mechanisms / Graham Erion Flexible mechanisms: an analysis from a sustainable development perspective / Dire Tladi Beyond cap and trade: new mechanisms for economically limiting greenhouse gas emissions: the 80% solution / John S. Hoffman Carbon sequestration credits, trade mechanisms, and the Kyoto Protocol: the Canadian forestry experience carbon sequestration credits, trading mechanisms, and the potential role of the MNR / Atif Kubursi Making carbon and development objectives compatible under sink activities / Samy Hotimsky and Mike Robbins Power, motivation and cognition in the construction of climate policy: the case of tropical forestry / Margaret M. Skutsch and Hans Th. A.. Bressers Quantifications of reduced emissions from deforestation in developing countries / Patrick E. Van Laake and Jerven J. Verplanke Reconsidering approaches for land use to mitigate climate change and to promote sustainable development / Arthur Riedacker High hopes and low hanging fruit: contradictions and struggles in South Africa's carbon market / Graham Erion Controlling compliance after Kyoto / Dirk Hanschel SECTION IV: INSTITUTIONAL AND POLICY RESPONSE: National climate-friendly governance proposals for developing countries / Swani Teixeira Coelho, Fernando Rei, Osvaldo Stella Martins, Oswaldo Lucon and Patricia Guardabassi Preventing dangerous climate change: adaptive decision-making and cooperative management in long-term climate policy / Jurgen Scheffran Adaptive governance in climate change: the cases of the international climate regime and water management in the Netherlands / Dave Huitema, Jerven Aerts, and Harro van Asselt Climate change policy in North America and the European Union / Paul Hamilton Canada and Kyoto: doing the irght for the wrong reasons / Roberto P. Leone Quebec's Plan d'action 2006-2012 for climate change: Canadian, North American and the global context / Jean Mercier and Jean Crete Communicating climate science, with its inherent uncertainties, to policy makers / G. A. McBean
v.2. SECTION V: LEGAL ISSUES: Petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights seeking relief from violations resulting from global warming caused by acts and omissions of the United States / Martin Wagner, Paul Crowley, and Donald M. Goldberg
SECTION VI: IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND/OR KYOTO (NON) IMPLEMENTATION OF DIFFERENT REGIONS OR COUNTRIES: Responding to climate change and its impact on water resources: a case study from the Middle East / Fadia Daibes-Murad
Differential vulnerability to climate change in Asia and challenges to adaptation within the Kyoto context / Lilibeth Acosta-Michlik, Lin Chunling and Ulka Kelkar
Climate change and land degradation in China: challenges to soil conservation / Alexia Stokes, Yibing Chen, Jingjing Huang, and Chaowen Lin
Climate change: ten years after Kyoto: an Australian perspective / Syed U. Hussainy and Santosh Kumar
Obstacles to the adoption of a holistic environmental policy / Alcira Noemi Perlini Montiel
Impact of global warming on Antarctica and how its flow on effect on Australian environment
Syed U. Hussainy and Santosh Kumar
SECTION VII: GENDER AND CLIMATE CHANGE: Solidarity in the greenhouse: gender equality and climate change / Ulrike Rohr and Minu Hemmati
SECTION VIII: SAFE LANDING, PROTECTING THE CLIMATE FROM FUTURE GENERATIONS AND HEALTH: Climate, health and changing Canadian North / Christopher Furgal, Pierre Gosselin and Nicolas Vezeau
Assessment of human health vulnerability in Cuba due to climate or weather variability and change / Paulo Lazaro, Ortiz Bulto, Luis Lecha Estela, Alina Rivero Valencia and Antonio Perez Rodriguez
SECTION IX: BEYOND 2012: THE NEXT PHASE: Climate commitments: assessing the options / Daniel Bodansky
Flexible options for future action / Cedric Philibert
The 'Action' approach to cutting greenhouse gases: a better model for addressing global warming / Donald M. Goldberg
Action targets: a new approach to international greenhouse gas controls / Kevin A. Baumert and Donald M. Goldberg
Towards diffused climate change governance: a possible path to proceed after 2012 / Norichika Kanie
Background on CDM and carbon trading / Graham Erion
Land use and climate change in China with a focus on the Shaanxi Province in the Chinese Loess Plateau: lessons fro future climate politics / Madelene Ostwald and Deliang Chen
SECTION X: KYOTO PROTOCOL: BALI AND BEYOND: Climate governance post Bali: signs of hope / Joyeeta Gupta
Bali and beyond / Donald M. Goldberg
Beyond Bali and Bush: the future of climate change policy / Joshua W. Busby
From Kyoto to Copenhagen by way of Bali / Jean Crete
Looking ahead from 2007 / G. A. McBean
Post-2012 institutional architecture to address climate change: a proposal for effective governance / Norichika Kanie
A gender-sensitive climate regime? / Ulrike Rohr and Minu Hemmati.
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Subjects
Climatic changes
Climatic changes -- Effect of human beings on
Climatic changes -- Government policy -- International cooperation
Economic aspects
Effect of human beings on
Global warming
Global warming -- Economic aspects
Global warming -- Social aspects
Government policy
International cooperation
Social aspects
Climatic changes -- Effect of human beings on
Climatic changes -- Government policy -- International cooperation
Economic aspects
Effect of human beings on
Global warming
Global warming -- Economic aspects
Global warming -- Social aspects
Government policy
International cooperation
Social aspects
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157808539
97815780854081
9781578085392
15780854112
97815780854152
15780854031
97815780854081
9781578085392
15780854112
97815780854152
15780854031
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