Climate Governance in the Developing World
David Held
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Description for Climate Governance in the Developing World
Paperback. Since 2009, a diverse group of developing states that includes China, Brazil, Ethiopia and Costa Rica has been advancing unprecedented pledges to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, offering new, unexpected signs of climate leadership. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFG; RNF; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 456.
Since 2009, a diverse group of developing states that includes China, Brazil, Ethiopia and Costa Rica has been advancing unprecedented pledges to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, offering new, unexpected signs of climate leadership. Some scholars have gone so far as to argue that these targets are now even more ambitious than those put forward by their wealthier counterparts. But what really lies behind these new pledges? What actions are being taken to meet them? And what stumbling blocks lie in the way of their realization?
In this book, an international group of scholars seeks to address these questions ... Read more
Since 2009, a diverse group of developing states that includes China, Brazil, Ethiopia and Costa Rica has been advancing unprecedented pledges to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, offering new, unexpected signs of climate leadership. Some scholars have gone so far as to argue that these targets are now even more ambitious than those put forward by their wealthier counterparts. But what really lies behind these new pledges? What actions are being taken to meet them? And what stumbling blocks lie in the way of their realization?
In this book, an international group of scholars seeks to address these questions ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745662770
SKU
V9780745662770
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About David Held
David Held is Master of University College, and Professor of Politics and International Relations, at Durham University. Eva-Maria Nag is the Executive Editor of Global Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Charles Roger is a PhD student at the University of British Columbia and Liu Scholar at the Liu Institute for Global ... Read more
Reviews for Climate Governance in the Developing World
"A well-informed and thorough account of how [developing] nations are managing their climate change policies—edited by David Held, Charles Roger, and Eva-Maria Nag ... offers a helpful look at how these important countries actually behave." Perspectives on Politics "Of great value to both the scholarly world and the policy world. The quality of the research is consistently ... Read more