The Climate Change Convention and Developing Countries: From Conflict to Consensus?

by Joyeeta Gupta

Book Overview

The climate change problem can only be effectively dealt with if global anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can be reduced substantially. Since the emission of such gases is closely related to the economic growth of countries, a critical problem to be addressed by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) is: how will the permissible emission levels be shared between industrialised (ICs) and developing countries (DCs)?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048148588
• ISBN13: 9789048148585
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"