Power in a Warming World: The New Global Politics of Climate Change and the Remaking of Environmental Inequality

by Mizan R. Khan, David Ciplet, J. Timmons Roberts

Book Overview

An examination of shifting global power dynamics in climate change politics, and how this affects our ability to achieve equitable and sustainable climate outcomes.

After nearly a quarter century of international negotiations on climate change, we stand at a crossroads. A new set of agreements is likely to fail to prevent the global climate's destabilization. Islands and coastlines face inundation, and widespread drought, flooding, and famine...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262527944
• ISBN13: 9780262527941
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher