Paris Agreement

Judith Blau is Professor Emerita, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. She also served as President of the Southern Sociological Society, and is Founder and Director of the Human Rights Center of Chapel Hill & Carrboro.

“This short book offers a succinct, readable overview of GCC and the framework of international human and environmental rights. … The Paris Agreement may be more appealing to an advanced undergraduate readership, perhaps as a supplementary text for environmental sociology, political sociology, and/or social movements courses.” (Alexander M. Stoner, Social Forces, Vol. 97 (01), September, 2018)

• 1. Why Solidarity?.- 2. The Warming of the Planet.- 3. The Long, Long Road to Paris.- 4. The Puzzle.- 5. The Paradox of American Exceptionalism.- 6. Human Rights.- 7. Environmental Rights.- 8. The Context of Paris: The MDGs and the SDGs.- 9. The Global and Local Movements to Slow Global Warming.- 10. Solidarity Matters.