The Collapse of the Kyoto Protocol and the Struggle to Slow Global Warming (Council on Foreign Relations Book)

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"Global warming continues to dominate environmental news as legislatures worldwide grapple with the process of ratification of the December 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The collapse of the November 2000 conference at the Hague showed clearly how difficult it will be to bring the Kyoto treaty into force. Yet most politicians, policymakers, and analysts hailed it as a vital first step in slowing greenhouse warming. David Victor was not among them. In this clear and cogent book, Victor explains why the Kyoto Protocol is unlikely to enter into force and how its failure will offer the opportunity to establish a more realistic alternative."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Greenhouse gas mitigation,  Government policy,  Global warming,  United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,  Global warming, government policy,  Greenhouse gases,  Réchauffement de la terre,  Politique gouvernementale,  Gaz à effet de serre,  Réduction,  TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING,  Environmental,  Pollution Control,  Klimaatveranderingen,  Kyoto Protocol,  Broeikaseffect,  Convention-cadre des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques,  United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992 May 9),  Greenhouse Effect,  Energy-Generating Resources,  Public Policy