The United States in a Warming World

Thomas L. Brewer is a Senior Fellow at the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) in Geneva. He taught graduate and undergraduate students at Georgetown University for twenty-five years, and he has been a consultant to the World Bank, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Professor Brewer maintains two websites: www.usclimatechange.com and www.TradeAndClimate.net.

'Thomas Brewer is one of the world's leading experts on the political economy of international trade and related policies. Now, in this new book, he brings his calm, analytical and typically balanced approach to an important and timely issue, the political economy of global climate change policy in the United States. Professor Brewer's assessment merits a careful look by scholars and practitioners alike.' Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

• Preface; Acknowledgements; Permissions; Introduction; Part I. Issues: 1. Questions, analytic framework, and context; Part II. Domestic Economics and Politics: 2. Business: part of the problem and part of the solution; 3. Public perceptions and preferences; 4. State and local governments – and the courts – in a federal system; Part III. National Government Policies: 5. Pricing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases; 6. Facilitating energy technology innovation and diffusion; 7. Strengthening international cooperation; Part IV. The Future: 8. Options for the future: realities, visions and pathways; References; Index.