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William Sweet - Climate Diplomacy from Rio to Paris, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

Climate Diplomacy from Rio to Paris

The Effort to Contain Global Warming

Av William Sweet

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The essential primer for understanding climate diplomacy, describing both the major players and the path to progress, from the 1992 Rio Summit to the 2015 Paris Climate ConferenceClimate Diplomacy from Rio to Paris is the first accessible overview of climate diplomacy in its first quarter century. The author, who has reported on energy and climate for two decades, provides readers with a nuanced account of the major players and their interests—from the United States, the European Union, and China to environmental organizations, the United Nations, and the Vatican—and analyzes the outcomes of the major climate conferences at Rio, Kyoto, Copenhagen, and Paris.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2016-12-06
  • Mått: 140 x 208 x 18 mm
  • Vikt: 272 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 256
  • Förlag: Yale University Press
  • ISBN: 9780300209631
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William Sweet is a reporter and writer who currently teaches science and public policy at New York University. Educated in history and international affairs at the University of Chicago and Princeton, he covered science politics for Physics Today and IEEE Spectrum magazines. He is the author of two previous books, Kicking the Carbon Habit and The Nuclear Age.

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"Sweet's history provides a balanced account of what has happened in climate negotiations. It spreads the blame evenly and ends on a hopeful tone about the expectations of the future. A good read for those who want a quick understanding."— Joyeeta Gupta, author of The History of Global Climate Governance

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