Dianne Rahm

Climate Change Policy in the United States

The Science, the Politics and the Prospects for Change

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This overview of global warming and its human causes examines the international agreements regarding climate change and the U.S. response to those agreements, as well as key provisions of the Kyoto Protocol, to explain the difficulties of any subsequent treaties. Framing the scientific debate against moral, ethical, and religious considerations, the book offers potential solutions. The book includes seven maps and tables, notes, bibliography, and index.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 377g
• ISBN-13: 9780786442997
• ISBN-10: 0786442999
• Artikelnr.: 26572384

Autorenporträt

The author of numerous articles and book chapters on environmental policy and toxic waste and technology, Dianne Rahm is a professor in the department of Political Science at Texas State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface     
Abbreviations     
1. Climate Change: An Overview of the Problem     
2. Climate Change Policy in the United States: From the Framework
Convention to the Obama Administration     
3. The Challenge of the Post-Kyoto Accord     
4. Science and Anti-Science     
5. Morals, Ethics, and Religion in the Policy Debate     
6. Mechanisms for Regulating U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions     
7. Technological Solutions     
8. Energy Efficiency, Conservation, Demand Side Management, and Other
Solutions     
Appendix: Web Resources     
Chapter Notes     
Selected Bibliography     
Index