Protecting the Atmosphere: The Climate Change Convention and Its Context - Couverture souple

Pitt, David; Nilsson, Sten

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1853831611 ISBN 13 : 9781853831614

Editeur : Earthscan Ltd, 1994

Synopsis

This study scrutinizes one of the main agreements to come out of the Earth Summit of June 1992, the Climate Change Convention. It explains how the Convention affects the national interests of all countries involved, and its impact on most areas of economic activity, such as industrial activity, transport, agriculture and energy policies. The authors also analyze the substance of negotiations about the Convention and the processes of legislation and diplomacy involved.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

'The authors take us into less-known corridors of climate Realpolitik and energy power play. We are provided with the essential vocabulary to understand what is at stake and how the challenge should be tackled' - Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan. Global warming and the resulting climate change present one of the greatest potential threats humanity has had to face. Every country contributes to them and they affect every person. Correspondingly, the Framework Convention on Climate Change, negotiated at the Earth Summit and since, is potentially one of the most significant international agreements ever reached - and its successful implementation is vital if the threat is to be averted. This book provides a guide to the Convention and explains in very clear terms what is involved: the background which makes it so necessary; the tortuous process involved in negotiating it; what it says; and most importantly, how it must be interpreted and implemented, making clear the scale of the changes involved and the dangers of evading them. Sten Nilsson is leader of the forest resources project at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. David Pitt is a consultant to the Bellerive Foundation and Alp Action. They are the authors of "Mountain World in Danger", published by Earthscan in 1991.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Earthscan Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1853831611
• ISBN 13: 9781853831614
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible