Climate change : five years after Kyoto / editor, Velma I. Grover.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Louis A. Duhring Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992)--Protocols, etc. (1997 December 11).

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Climatic changes.

Climatic changes--Government policy.

Greenhouse gas mitigation--International cooperation.

Greenhouse gas mitigation.

Physical Description:

xv, 455 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Enfield, NH : Science Publishers, [2004]

Contents:

Section I Introduction to Science, Policies and Politics

2. Global Climate Change Regime: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead / Benito Muller 29

3. Kyoto Protocol: Insignificant Impact on Global Emissions / Cathrine Hagem, Bjart Holtsmark 53

4. Climate Negotiations from Rio to Marrakech: An Assessment / Joyeeta Gupta, Alison Lobsinger 69

Section II Instruments and Institutions of/for Kyoto Protocol

5. Kyoto Protocol and Desirable Institutions for Mitigation of Global Warming / Akinobu Yasumoto 91

6. Can the Kyoto Goals be Achieved Using the Oceans as Sinks? / Paul Johnston, David Santillo, Bill Hare 107

7. The Idea of Social Progress and Emissions Trading / Jon Rosales 135

8. Status Report on CO[subscript 2] Emissions Saving through Improved Energy Use in Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Plants / B. Johnke 165

Section III Human Rights

9. Petitioning for Adverse Impacts of Global Warming in the Inter-American Human Rights System / Donald M. Goldberg, Martin Wagner 191

Section IV Country Case Studies

10. Climate Change and Water Resources Management in Semiarid Southern Africa / Umoh T. Umoh, Santosh Kumar, A. A. Oladimeji 211

11. Adaptation to Effects of Climate Change in Southern Africa / Umoh T. Umoh, A. A. Oladimeji, Santosh Kumar 231

12. Climate Change, Vulnerability, and Adaptation in Bangladesh / Saleemul Huq, Khondkar Moinuddin 251

13. Seeking the Middle Ground between More and Less: A Canadian Perspective / Heather A. Smith 273

14. Costa Rica and Its Climate Change Policies: Five Years after Kyoto / Ana V. Rojas 297

15. India and the Climate Convention: The Challenge of Sustainable Development / Joyeeta Gupta 309

16. Indonesia: The Suffering Nation / Harry Surjadi 333

17. Trump Card in Kyoto Pact: Russian Federation's Interests and Positions on the Global Climate Change Regime / Natalia Mirovitskaya 349

18. Sri Lanka: Its Industry and Challenges in. the Face of Climate Change / Ajith de Alwis 377

19. Environmental and Socioeconomic impacts associated with Climate changes in Brazil / Marcia Marques, William Hogland 397

Section V Beyond Kyoto

20. The Future of Global Climate Change Policy: Developing Country Priorities After Kyoto / Adil Najam 417

21. Reclaiming the Atmospheric Commons: Beyond Kyoto / John Byrne, Leigh Glover, Vernese Inniss, Jyoti Kulkarni, Yu-Mi Mun, Noah Toly, Young-Doo Wang 429.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.

ISBN:

1578083265

OCLC:

54407381