Climate Change: Debating America's Policy Options

By David G. Victor

Ever since withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol in 2001, the US has incurred criticism for its stance on climate change. Victor (energy and sustainable development, Stanford University) presents three... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0876093438
• ISBN13: 9780876093436
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations Press
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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Three contrasting perspectives are offered

Plenty of titles present exposes of the climate change coming: David Victor's Climate Change provides a political approach, debating American policy options in climate change and surveying the economic and social costs of changing climate conditions. Three contrasting perspectives are offered: one emphasizes the ability of wealthy societies to adapt, a second urges new attention to the defunct Kyoto Protocol, a third urges unilateral action creating a market for low-carbon emission technologies around the world. All provide important discussions.