"...reviews new developments and the alarming lack of progress in reducing emissions. This updated edition explains the key scientific, economic and policy issues related to climate change without assuming any prior knowledge...[Economists and policy makers] underestimate the gr…
Introduction and overview -- Climate policies in the United States -- Theories of climate policy -- The structural theory applied to the cases -- Causes of climate policies in the fifty states -- Air-pollution and energy policy making in California (the 1940s to the 1980s) -- Cl…
Ein neuer Lösungsansatz für das Weltklimaproblem. Die Wissenschaft ist sich heute weitgehend einig, dass eine Erderwärmung um mehr als 2 ʻC gefährliche, irreversible und kaum beherrschbare Folgen für Natur und Gesellschaft hätte. Bereits 133 Staaten, darunter die 16 führenden Wi…
Cities are playing an ever more important role in the mitigation and adaption to climate change. This book examines the politics shaping whether, how and to what extent cities engage in global climate governance. By studying the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, and drawing o…
"Cities are playing an ever more important role in the mitigation and adaption to climate change. This book examines the politics shaping whether, how and to what extent cities engage in global climate governance. By studying the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, and drawing …
