A Climate of Injustice: Global Inequality, North-South Politics, and Climate Policy

by J. Timmons Roberts, Bradley C. Parks, Bradley Parks

Book Overview

The global debate over who should take action to address climate change is extremely precarious, as diametrically opposed perceptions of climate justice threaten the prospects for any long-term agreement. Poor nations fear limits on their efforts to grow economically and meet the needs of their own people, while powerful industrial nations, including the United States, refuse to curtail their own excesses unless developing countries make similar sacrifices...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262681617
• ISBN13: 9780262681612
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher