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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sweet, William, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Global warming--Government policy.

Global warming.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-22477-X

OCLC:

965156912