Post-Kyoto : designing the next international climate change protocol / Matthew Clarke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clarke, Matthew, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Government policy.

Climatic changes.

Greenhouse gas mitigation--International cooperation.

Greenhouse gas mitigation.

Environmental policy--International cooperation.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Kyoto Protocol was the first significant international instrument that addressed climate change. This thought-provoking book proposes a proactive approach to the design of the next international climate change protocol.

Contents:

Intro

POST-KYOTO: DESIGNING THE NEXT INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE PROTOCOL

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Chapter 1: THE CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE

1. INTRODUCTION

2.WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE

3. CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE

4. TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE

5. RECENT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

6. LOOKING TO POST-KYOTO

7. CONCLUSION AND BOOK OUTLINE

Chapter 2: ASSESSING THE FUTURE

2. SCENARIOS AND PREDICTING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE

3. CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS

4. RELIABILITY OF PREDICTIONS

5. CONCLUSION

Chapter 3: AN ETHICAL RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE

2. AN ETHICAL BASIS FOR ACTION

3. ETHICS AND UNCERTAINTY

4. INTRA-GENERATIONAL EQUITY

5. AN EQUITABLE GLOBAL RESPONSE -CONTRACTION AND CONVERGENCE

6. CONCLUSION

Chapter 4: CHINA

2. UNDERSTANDING THE CHINESE CONTEXT

3. CHINA'S ENERGY USE AND EMISSIONS

4. DATA RELIABILITY IN CHINA

5. PROJECTING FUTURE EMISSIONS

Chapter 5: OTHER KEY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: RUSSIA, INDIA AND BRAZIL

2. RUSSIA

3. INDIA

4. BRAZIL

Chapter 6: THE IMPACT OF THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY ON EMISSIONS

2. THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY

3. TECHNOLOGICAL IMPACTS ON EMISSIONS AND EMISSIONS INTENSITIES

4. INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE AND EMISSIONS

5. ANALYSIS OF ENERGY USE: TAKING ACCOUNT OF TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE

6. ANALYSIS OF ENERGY USE CHANGE WITHIN THE AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURING SECTOR: TAKING ACCOUNT OF TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE

7. CONCLUSION.

Chapter 7: POST-KYOTO: A PROPOSAL FOR THE NEXT INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE PROTOCOL

2. EMISSIONS FROM CONSUMPTION OR PRODUCTION

3. PER CAPITA CAPS, ABSOLUTE CAPS AND INTENSITY CAPS

4. THE NEXT INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE PROPOSAL

5. THE PER CAPITA APPROACH

REFERENCES

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-143) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61668-101-2

OCLC:

923668219