Climate Diplomacy from Rio to Paris : The Effort to Contain Global Warming / / William Sweet

• Autore: Sweet William
• Pubblicazione: New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (237 pages)
• Disciplina: 363.738/74
• Soggetto topico: Global warming - Government policy
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Can Catastrophic Climate Change Be Averted? -- 2. What Else Is at Stake? -- 3. Can Diplomacy Deliver? -- 4. The Superpowers -- 5. BRICs, BASICs, and Beyond -- 6. Sentimental Attachments, Existential Threats -- 7. The Road to Rio -- 8. Rio and Kyoto -- 9. Copenhagen -- 10. The Road to Paris -- Epilogue: The Paris Agreement -- Appendix 1: Survey, Climate Summit Marchers, September 21, 2014 (N = 100) -- Appendix 2: Chronology of Climate Negotiations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The essential primer for understanding climate diplomacy, describing both the major players and the path to progress, from the 1992 Rio Summit to the 2015 Paris Climate ConferenceClimate Diplomacy from Rio to Paris is the first accessible overview of climate diplomacy in its first quarter century. The author, who has reported on energy and climate for two decades, provides readers with a nuanced account of the major players and their interests-from the United States, the European Union, and China to environmental organizations, the United Nations, and the Vatican-and analyzes the outcomes of the major climate conferences at Rio, Kyoto, Copenhagen, and Paris.
• Titolo autorizzato: Climate Diplomacy from Rio to Paris
• ISBN: 0-300-22477-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910157396903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II