{"product_id":"9789814551861","title":"The Global Development Of Policy Regimes To Combat Climate Change","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe year 2015 will be a landmark year for international climate change negotiations. Governments have agreed to adopt a universal legal agreement on climate change at the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris in 2015. The agreement will come into force no later than 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book focuses on the prospects for global agreement, how to encourage compliance with any such agreement and perspectives of key players in the negotiations — the United States, India, China, and the EU. It finds that there is strong commitment to the established UN institutions and processes within which the search for further agreed actions will occur. There are already a myriad of local and regional policies that are helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build mutual confidence. However, the chapters in the book also highlight potential areas of discord. For instance, varying interpretations of the “common but differentiated responsibilities” of developing countries, agreed as part of the UNFCCC, could be a major sticking point for negotiators. When combined with other issues, such as the choice of consumption or production as the basis for mitigation commitments, the appropriate time frame and base date for their measurement and whether level or intensity commitments are to be negotiated, the challenges that need to be overcome are considerable. The authors bring to bear insights from economics, public finance and game theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction \u003ci\u003e(Alex Bowen, Nicholas Stern and John Whalley)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlobal Cooperation and Understanding to Accelerate Climate Action \u003ci\u003e(James Rydge and Samuela Bassi)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe US and Action on Climate Change \u003ci\u003e(Samuela Bassi and Alex Bowen)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChallenges and Reality: China's Dilemma on Durban Platform Negotiation \u003ci\u003e(Mou Wang, Huishan Lian and Yamin Zhou)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSustainable Growth and Climate Change: Evolution of India's Strategies \u003ci\u003e(Ruth Kattumuri and Darshini Ravindranath)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfter Copenhagen and the Economic Crisis: Does the EU Need to Go Back to the Drawing Board? \u003ci\u003e(Christian Egenhofer and Monica Alessi)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Scope for “Green Growth” and a New Technological Revolution \u003ci\u003e(Alex Bowen)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNegotiating to Avoid “Dangerous” Climate Change \u003ci\u003e(Scott Barrett)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnilateral Measures and Emissions Mitigation \u003ci\u003e(Shurojit Chatterji, Sayantan Ghosal, Sean Walsh and John Whalley)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompliance Mechanisms in Global Climate Regimes: Kyoto and Post-Kyoto \u003ci\u003e(Sean Walsh and John Whalley)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadership:\u003c\/b\u003e students and researchers in developmental economics and climate change; policy makers and decision makers; general public interested in climate change issues.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47185297637616,"sku":"9789814551861","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789814551861_p0.jpg?v=1763691181","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789814551861","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}