04005nam 22004693u 450 991046495150332120210114074919.01-78308-107-4(CKB)3710000000087996(EBL)1632825(MiAaPQ)EBC1632825(EXLCZ)99371000000008799620140224d2014|||| u|| |engSophisticated Interdependence in Climate Policy[electronic resource] Federalism in the United States, Brazil, and GermanyLondon Anthem Press20141 online resource (220 p.)Anthem Sustainability and Risk SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-78308-110-4 Sophisticated Interdependence in Climate Policy; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; TABLES AND FIGURES; Introduction THE WORLD'S MOST PROMINENT CLIMATE CHANGE OUTLAW; The National Government Balks and then Arrives Late; The States Step In; A Millennial Model for Climate Change Policy making; A Road Map for What Follows; Chapter 1 CLIMATE CHANGE CONTRADICTIONS IN THE STATES; Nine State Climate and Energy Programs; Active states; Surprise states; Passive states; Links between State Policies and Energy ProfilesChapter 2 CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES: FORCES AFFECTING STATE-LEVEL CLIMATE AND ENERGY PROGRAMS Public Salience; Political Leadership and Problem Definition; Political Context: Political Culture, Legislatures, and Campaign Finance; Implications for a State-Federal Partnership; Chapter 3 GERMANY: WIR STEHEN FRÜHER AUF (WE WAKE UP EARLIER); Germany's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trends; Political Consensus and International Pressure; Energie konzept and Energiewende; Erneuerbare Energien Sind der Motor Unserer Wirtschaftspolitik (Renewable Energies Are the Motor of Our Economic Policy)Centralized, Interlocking Federalism Chapter 4 BRAZIL: NO MORE COMPLEXO DE VIRA-LATA (MONGREL COMPLEX); Politics, Regionalism, and Energy in Brazil; Public Salience of Global Warming and Environmental Issues; Deforestation and the National Government's Climate Plan; Greenhouse Gas Policies and Politics in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro; Regionalism and Evolving State-National Connections; Chapter 5 SOPHISTICATED INTERDEPENDENCE; The Surprise Guest at the Greenhouse Gas Policy Table; Anticipating Sundry State Reactions; Lessons from Germany and BrazilSophisticated Interdependence in Climate Change Policy NOTES; Introduction The World's Most Prominent Climate Change Outlaw; Chapter 1 Climate Change Contradictions in the States; Chapter 2 Constraints and Opportunities: Forces Affecting State-Level Climate and Energy Programs; Chapter 3 Germany: Wir Stehen Früher Auf (We Wake Up Earlier); Chapter 4 Brazil: No More Complexo de Vira-Lata (Mongrel Complex); Chapter 5 Sophisticated Interdependence; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXWith the US as the world's most prominent climate change outlaw, ""Sophisticated Interdependence in Climate Policy"" offers a unique combination of state-level analysis, international comparison and domestic policy prescription, pointing the way to a productive federal-state partnership for climate change policy making in the United States.Anthem Sustainability and Risk SeriesClimatic changes -- Government policy -- European Union countriesClimatic changesEnergy policy -- European Union countriesElectronic books.Climatic changes -- Government policy -- European Union countries.Climatic changes.Energy policy -- European Union countries.363.705610973Thomson Vivian895131AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910464951503321Sophisticated Interdependence in Climate Policy1999948UNINA