1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461955603321

Autore

Witthaus Ben

Titolo

The international climate regime and its driving-forces [[electronic resource] ] : obstacles and chances on the way to a global response to the problem of climate change / / Ben Witthaus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hamburg, : Diplomica Verlag, 2012

ISBN

3-8428-2383-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (142 p.)

Disciplina

344.2404

344.2404/6342

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Government policy

Climatic changes - International cooperation

Environmental policy - Government policy

Environmental policy - International cooperation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

The International Climate Regimeand its Driving-Forces: Obstacles and Chances on the Way to a Global Response to the Problem of Climate Change; Table of content; Table of figures; Appendixes; 1. Introduction; 2. Scientific and economical consequences of anthropogenic climate change; 2.1. The natural and anthropogenic greenhouse effect; 2.1.1. The IPCC and its 4th Assessment Report; 2.1.2. The Stern Review and the economics of climate change; 3. The regime theory; 3.1. Three schools of thought within the theory of international regime; 3.1.1. The interest-based approach

3.1.1.1. Two-level games3.1.2. The power-based approach; 3.1.3. The knowledge-based approach; 3.2. Application of the three approaches to the issue area of climate change; 4. The issue area of climate change current climate regime; 4.1. The current climate change regime; 4.1.1. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; 4.1.2. The Kyoto-Protocol; 4.1.2.1. The exit of the USA from the Kyoto Protocol; 4.1.2.2. Basic weaknesses of the Kyoto Protocol; 4.1.3. The Bali roadmap; 4.2. Priorities of the main actors; 4.2.1. The United States



of America

4.2.1.1. Obama's New Climate Policy4.2.2. China; 4.2.2.1. China's plead for consumption-based inventories; 4.3. International negotiations for a post-2012 agreement in Copenhagen and Cancún; 5. Analysis of the driving-forces of the climate regime; 5.1. The effectiveness and robustness of regimes; 5.2. The driving-forces of the international climate regime and its consequences for the effectiveness of the regime; 5.2.1. Analysis of the current climate regime; 5.2.2. Analysis of the negotiations for a post-2012 agreement; 5.2.3. Outlook regarding the regime's potential future driving-forces

5.2.3.1. A shift in Obama's political priority setting5.2.3.2. Developments at the state level in the US; 5.3. Conclusion; References; Monographs; Scientific papers in omnibus volumes; Articles in refereed journals; Scientific publications; Newspaper and magazine articles; Internet sources (chronological after usage in the text); Appendixes; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Appendix 5; Appendix 6; Appendix 7; Appendix 8; Appendix 9; Appendix 10; Appendix 11; Appendix 12

Sommario/riassunto

Hauptbeschreibung The greenhouse effect is a vital process which is responsible for the heat on the earth's surface. By consuming fossil fuels, clearing forests etc. humans aggravate this natural process. As additionally trapped heat exceeds the earth's intake capacity this consequently leads to global warming. The current concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is already 30% higher compared to pre-industrial levels and unmanaged this development is likely to result in an increase of up to 6.4° C towards the end of the century. Especially the poorest regions of the world are facing



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996393704603316

Titolo

By the King. A proclamation prohibiting the importation of all sorts of manufactures and commodities whatsoever, of the growth, production, or manufacture of France, and of all places in the possession of the French King [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

In the Savoy, [i.e. London], : Printed by the assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker, His Majesties printers, 1666

Descrizione fisica

2 sheets (versos blank)

Altri autori (Persone)

Charles, King of England,  <1630-1685.>

Soggetti

Economic sanctions - France

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

At end of text: Given at our court at Whitehall the tenth day of November, in the eighteenth year of our reign, 1666.

Steele notation: Arms 75  Assembled, Kingdom 2) Com- be-.

Two copies are filmed consecutively at reel C18:1[203]-[204].

Copies at reel C18:1[203]-[204] consist of single sheet.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780095203321

Autore

Scott Susan <1953->

Titolo

Biology of plagues : evidence from historical populations / / Susan Scott and Christopher J. Duncan [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001

ISBN

1-107-12268-6

0-511-32546-0

0-511-04759-2

9786610430390

0-511-54252-6

0-521-80150-8

0-511-15651-0

1-280-43039-7

0-511-17583-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 420 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

614.4/94

Soggetti

Epidemics

Epidemics - Europe - History - 16th century

Epidemics - Europe - History - 17th century

Black Death - Europe

Plague

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 396-409) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Epidemiological concepts -- The biology of bubonic plague -- The Great Pestilence -- Case study : the plague at Penrith in 1597-98 -- Pestilence and plague in the 16th century in England -- Plagues in the 16th century in northern England : a metapopulation study -- Plagues in London in the 17th century -- Plagues in the provinces in the 17th century -- Plague at Eyam in 1665-66 : a case study -- Continental Europe during the third age of plagues : a study of large-scale metapopulation dynamics -- The plague at Marseilles, 1720-22 : an outbreak of bubonic plague? -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

The threat of unstoppable plagues, such as AIDS and Ebola, is always



with us. In Europe, the most devastating plagues were those from the Black Death pandemic in the 1300s to the Great Plague of London in 1665. For the last 100 years, it has been accepted that Yersinia pestis, the infective agent of bubonic plague, was responsible for these epidemics. This book combines modern concepts of epidemiology and molecular biology with computer-modelling. Applying these to the analysis of historical epidemics, the authors show that they were not, in fact, outbreaks of bubonic plague. Biology of Plagues offers a completely new interdisciplinary interpretation of the plagues of Europe and establishes them within a geographical, historical and demographic framework. This fascinating detective work will be of interest to readers in the social and biological sciences, and lessons learnt will underline the implications of historical plagues for modern-day epidemiology.