Climate Change: Debating America's Policy Options - A Council Policy Initiative - Softcover

Victor, David G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0876093438 ISBN 13: 9780876093436

Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations, 2004

Synopsis

Ever since withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol in 2001, the US has incurred criticism for its stance on climate change. Victor (energy and sustainable development, Stanford University) presents three alternative policy options the US could pursue, in the form of hypothetical presidential speeches. T

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David Victor is a professor at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California, San Diego, where he also leads the Laboratory on International Law and Regulation. His research has covered a wide array of topics related to international environmental regulation, energy markets and international law. His previous books include Natural Gas and Geopolitics (Cambridge University Press, 2006), The Collapse of the Kyoto Protocol and the Struggle to Slow Global Warming (second edition, 2004) and Technological Innovation and Economic Performance (2002).

Synopsis

Ever since withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol in 2001, the US has incurred criticism for its stance on climate change. Victor (energy and sustainable development, Stanford University) presents three alternative policy options the US could pursue, in the form of hypothetical presidential speeches. The "speeches" are preceded by a memorandum that ex

Edition details

• Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0876093438
• ISBN 13: 9780876093436
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180