A climate of injustice : global inequality, North-South politics, and climate policy / J. Timmons Roberts and Bradley C. Parks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roberts, J. Timmons.

Contributor:

Parks, Bradley C.

Series:

Global environmental accords.

Global environmental accord

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes.

Climatic changes--Government policy.

Climatic changes--Economic aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (421 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An examination of the role that inequality plays in shaping post-Kyoto prospects for a North-South global climate pact; with statistical and theoretical analysis and case studies of recent climate-related disasters.

Contents:

Intro

Series Foreword

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction: Wet Feet Marching

2 A Model of North-South (Non-)Cooperation

3 Not the Day after Tomorrow: Learning from Recent Climate Disasters

4 An Analysis of Cross-National Patterns of Risk

5 Fueling Injustice: Emissions, Development Paths, and Responsibility

6 Who Is Taking Action?

7 Equity, Climate Proposals, and Two Roads to Justice after Kyoto

Appendix A Descriptions of Variables

Appendix B Why Narrowness of a Nation's Export Base?

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-363) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-09696-6

9786612096969

0-262-28245-3

1-4294-5791-0

OCLC:

568000439