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Global Climate Change Policy and Carbon Markets: Transition to a New Era
Richard H. Rosenzweig
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Description for Global Climate Change Policy and Carbon Markets: Transition to a New Era
Hardback. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RND; RNPD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 219 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582.
In this book, Richard Rosenzweig, describes the policies proposed and adopted in the first generation of climate change policy-making including the Kyoto Protocol and the carbon markets and assesses their failure to halt the increases of rising emissions of greenhouse gases. Carefully structured throughout, each chapter demonstrate how the first generation of policies failed because they were top down, overly ambitious and complex. The author uses the lessons drawn from this analysis to recommend more modest, targeted policies, arguing that they will be more successful in fighting climate change in the new era of policy-making. An invaluable reference for ... Read more
In this book, Richard Rosenzweig, describes the policies proposed and adopted in the first generation of climate change policy-making including the Kyoto Protocol and the carbon markets and assesses their failure to halt the increases of rising emissions of greenhouse gases. Carefully structured throughout, each chapter demonstrate how the first generation of policies failed because they were top down, overly ambitious and complex. The author uses the lessons drawn from this analysis to recommend more modest, targeted policies, arguing that they will be more successful in fighting climate change in the new era of policy-making. An invaluable reference for ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Energy, Climate and the Environment
Condition
New
Number of Pages
322
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137560506
SKU
V9781137560506
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99-15
About Richard H. Rosenzweig
Richard Rosenzweig has extensive experience in climate change policy and carbon markets. In Government, Mr. Rosenzweig participated in the formulation of climate policy as U.S. Department of Energy Chief of Staff from 1993-1996. In business, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Natsource, the world's largest buyer of carbon credits through 2007 according to independent research.
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