Climate Governance at the Crossroads: Experimenting with a Global Response After Kyoto

by Matthew J. Hoffmann

Book Overview

The global response to climate change has reached a critical juncture. Since the 1992 signing of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the nations of the world have attempted to address climate change through large-scale multilateral treaty-making. These efforts have been heroic, but disappointing. As evidence for the quickening pace of climate change mounts, the treaty-making process has sputtered, and many are now skeptical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199922616
• ISBN13: 9780199922611
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"